Silent Sister

[Verse 1] As I walk through the blacked out valley With a soul I could never disguise Right up to the water, hopelessly wide All the years and your voice still carries Lullabies in the world of the blind Take me 'cross the river, into the fire [Pre-Chorus] She keeps calling, she keeps calling She keeps calling and she keeps calling Let me out of limbo, into the fire [Chorus] Silent sister Out of reach Let it wash right over me Let it wash right down on me This violent sunlight I can't even breathe It's hard to speak Too hard to speak [Verse 2] Black hills in the land of the living Or lullabies in the world of the blind No rest in this tortured landscape I never sleep in your world or mine [Pre-Chorus] She keeps calling, she keeps calling She keeps calling, she keeps calling She keeps calling, she keeps crying out [Chorus] Silent sister We will meet Let it wash right over me Let it crash right down on me This violent sunlight I can't even breathe It's hard to speak Too hard to speak [Outro] How can you forget and go on living? When all the ones you love have been let down? All of you just go on unforgiven With all the ways that they keep calling out Out