Lyrics

(Verse 1)
The birds have gone quiet in the sycamore trees
There's a metallic taste rising up on the breeze
The hair on my arms stands up straight in the light
As the day tilts its head to surrender to night
The pond is a mirror, unwrinkled and deep
Holding a secret it's promised to keep
And the dust on the porch doesn't dare to take flight
Everything's holding its breath in the white.


(Chorus)
It's the silence that screams, it's the glass in the air
It's the weight of the static that hangs everywhere
The heart of the valley is frozen in place
In the hollowed-out look on the horizon's face
Yeah, the world's pinned down by some unseen form
Waiting for the break in the calm before the storm.


(Verse 2)
The cattle are bunched by the far cedar fence
Waiting for something that doesn't make sense
The scent of the ozone is thick on my tongue
Like a bell in a tower that's never been rung
The shadows have stopped trying to crawl cross the floor
And the hinges are stiff on the frame of the door
The clock on the wall seems to stutter and stall
As the velvet-black curtains begin their slow fall.


(Chorus)
It's the silence that screams, it's the glass in the air
It's the weight of the static that hangs everywhere
The heart of the valley is frozen in place
In the hollowed-out look on the horizon's face
Yeah, the world's pinned down by some unseen form
Waiting for the break in the calm before the storm.


(Bridge)
The pressure is building, it's behind my eyes
A kingdom of thunder preparing to rise
Whatever was broken, whatever was wrong
Is waiting to howl in the throat of the song
It's coming...
Yeah, it's coming.


(Guitar Solo - Slow, atmospheric, building into a chaotic, distorted crescendo)


(Outro)
Just a flicker of violet, a tear in the sky
The moment of mercy is passing us by
The leaves start to shiver, the grass starts to bend
Here comes the beginning
To pay for the end.
silence