Silent All These Years (Live)

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

My dog won't bite if you sit real still

Got the Antichrist in the kitchen yellin' at me again

Yeah, I can hear that

Been saved again by the garbage truck

I've 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

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

Years

Silent all these years

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 ya?

My scream got lost in a paper cup

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

I got twenty-five bucks and a cracker

Do you think it's enough to get us there?

'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

Years

Silent all these

Years go by, will I still be waitin' for somebody else to understand?

Years go by, if I'm stripped of my beauty

And the orange clouds rainin' in my head

Years go by, will I choke on my tears till finally there is nothing left?

One more  casualty, you know we're too easy, easy, easy

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

It's your turn now to stand where I stand

Everybody lookin' at you, here, take a hold of my hand

Yeah, I can hear that

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, I hear my voice

I hear my voice and it's been

Here

Silent all these years

I've been here

Silent all these years

Silent all these

Silent all these years