Silent All These Years (Live) [Montreux 1992]

[Intro]

"So, uh... I never liked my grandmother. She was pretty me- she was actually a very mean person. Not all grandmothers are nice, you know. So, um, the town where she comes from, it's really... makes kinda sense that she wouldn't play, she wouldn't be into this anyway, but they wouldn't play this song. They said it, they called it, they said... it's shit. So it gives me great pleasure to always play this song as much as I possibly can. Thank you"

[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

I 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 1]

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 1]

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

[Bridge]

Years go by, will I still be waiting

For somebody else to understand?

Years go by if I'm stripped of my beauty

And the orange clouds raining in my head

Years go by, will I choke on my tears

'til 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 2]

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