THE SILENCE THAT COULD FOLLOW

Hey listen I'm sorry

You didn't live up to my fantasy

Don't get me wrong

It's you not me

No

It's me not you

I wish I could calm down

I, I wish I could calm down

Breathe in breath out

Hey listen I'm sorry

But your emotions are just too big for me

Maybe big enough for the silver screen

Or squashed into the TV or something

I wish I could calm down

I, I wish I could calm down

Breathe in breath out

Hey listen I'm sorry

But I wanted to move through life

Gracefully and elegantly

Not clumsily or hastily

I wish I could calm down

I, I wish I could calm down

Breathe in breathe out

Hey listen I'm sorry

But I was taught never to apologise

So here I am

Surprise surprise

I wish I could calm down

I, I wish I could calm down

Breathe in breath out

Now the car alarms sound like bird song

And the birds sing like car alarms

Which makes me wonder where bird song came from

DId they copy it off aliens here long before us

Alien melodies at the dawn chorus

I was in love and she said
You’re better off dead

Charming…

This dream is building like the tension around you
Dream interrupted by the fools that surround you

You think you’re something special,
And there’s nothing wrong with that

The silence that could follow
The silence that could follow

I’m not scared of tomorrow
And the silence that could follow

The silence that could follow
The silence that could follow

I’m not scared of tomorrow
And the silence that could follow

FROM THE ALBUM 'AMBER' 2001

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