Silent All These Years (Live 2024)

[Intro]

"So this is a very special request. This showed up at the stage door today. Okay? So I'm playing this. This is what's about to happen. For you, you lovely little lady. Okay? Here we go."

[Verse 1]

Excuse me, but can I be you for a while?

My dog won't bite if you sit real still

I got the Antichrist in the kitchen yelling at me again

Yeah, I can hear that

Been saved again by the garbage truck

Got something to say, you know but nothing comes

Yes, I know what you think of me, you never shut up

Yeah, I can hear that

[Chorus]

But what if I'm a mermaid

In these jeans of his with her name still on it

Hey, but I don't care cause sometimes

I said sometimes I hear my voice, and it's been

Here, silent all these years

[Verse 2]

So you found a girl who thinks really deep thoughts

What's so amazing about really deep thoughts?

Boy, you best pray that I bleed real soon

How's that thought for you?

My scream got lost in a paper cup

You think there's a heaven where some screams have gone

I got 25 bucks and a cracker, do you think it's enough

To get us there?

[Chorus]

'Cause what if I'm a mermaid

In these jeans of his with her name still on it

Hey, but I don't care cause sometimes

I said sometimes I hear my voice, and it's been

Here, silent all these

[Bridge]

Years go by, will I still

Still be waiting to understand?

Years go by if I'm stripped

Stripped of my beauty and the clouds raining in my head

Years go by

Will I choke till finally, there is nothing left?

One more casualty, you know

We're too easy, easy, easy

[Verse 3]

Well, I love the way we communicate

Your eyes focus on my funny lip shape

Let's hear what you think of me now, but baby don't look up

The sky is falling

Your mother shows up in a nasty dress

And it's your turn now to stand where I stand

Everybody looking at you, here, take hold of my hand

Yeah, I can hear them

[Chorus]

But what if I'm a mermaid

In these jeans of yours with her name still on it

Hey, but I don't care cause sometimes

I said sometimes I hear my voice, I hear my voice

I hear my voice and it's been

Here, silent all these years

[Outro]

I've been here

Silent all these years

Silent all these

Silent all these years