This Scene I'm Seeing Nightly

After laughter there was awkward silence We needed one more round to make headway Taking off our sober faces Find much less somber things to say After plastered, pounding fists with laughter Disasterous if we should lose our nerve Closing open mouths, they're so unsightly When they're not speaking finer words And it's alright by me if you prefer being quiet I'm quite content watching the lashes dance above your eyelids It's hard to take things in when you're engulfed in endless noise I'm overjoyed to see the beauty I was blind to when I still my voice After laughter, two cars driving onward And outward where they will soon divide This shell that I return to Isn't nearly where my faithful heart resides After silence, I slip into the evening I-10 should take me right back home to you This scene I'm seeing nightly Half-tempted to go, but oh, I never do And it's alright with me as I lay in the quiet I'm quite content with dreaming There's no way I can deny it It's hard to take things in when you're engulfed in endless noise I'm overjoyed to see the beauty I was blind to when I still my voice