Silent House

Album: Taking The Long Way (2006)
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  • These walls have eyes
    Rows of photographs
    And faces like mine
    Who do we become
    Without knowing where
    We started from?

    It's true; I'm missing you
    As I stand alone in your room

    Everyday that will pass you by
    Every name that you won't recall
    Everything that you made by hand
    Everything that you know by heart

    And I will try to connect
    All the pieces you left
    I will carry it on
    And let you forget
    And I'll remember the years
    When your mind was clear
    How the laughter and life
    Filled up this silent house

    One room
    Two single beds
    In the closet hangs
    Your favorite dress
    The books that you read
    Are in scattered piles
    Of paper shreds

    Everything that you made by hand
    Everything that you know by heart

    And I will try to connect
    All the pieces you left
    I will carry it on
    And let you forget
    And I'll remember the years
    When your mind was clear
    How the laughter and life
    Filled up this silent house
    Silent house

    In the garden off the living room
    A chill fills the air
    And the lilies bloom

    And I will try to connect
    All the pieces you left
    I will carry it on
    And let you forget
    And I'll remember the years
    When your mind was clear
    How the laughter and life
    Filled up this...

    And I will try to connect
    All the pieces you left
    I will carry it on
    And let you forget
    And I'll remember the years
    When your mind was clear
    How the laughter and life
    Filled up this silent house

    Silent house Writer/s: NEIL FINN
    Publisher: CHRYSALIS SONGS O/B/O ROUNDHEAD MUSIC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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