A Woman Lost to Silence

I don't talk much anymore, I just watch the room go round The way a hand can lie, the way a kiss can sound She believes the story, he forgets the lines I see the cracks in all of them, I read between the signs

And I hold my tongue, I let it be Every secret in this city walks right past me

I'm so quiet now, baby, so quiet now I learned to keep my knowing down somehow The ones who cheat, the ones who bleed I watch them dance the same old dance and I don't say a thing I'm so quiet now

There's a woman at the bar who knows but won't ask why There's a man across the room rehearsing his goodbye I used to be a talker, I used to be a flame Now I'm just a pair of eyes that never says a name

'Cause words don't stop a falling thing They never did, they never will So I pour another silence, slow And I sit here, and I'm still — watching, watching, watching

I'm so quiet now, baby But I see you... oh, I see you