For What It Is

So still and so quiet
Inside the dream laid bare
The cold light of morning
Twisting the dusty air

A sad song rose softly
So weak and out of tune
The voice of a stranger
Inside my lonely room

And that is where you’ll find me
Day after day
The frightened, unenlightened
Listen when I say… that

I believed in something
Like nobody should
But now I see it for what it is
And what it is ain’t good

I shattered the mirrors
And blew away the smoke
I couldn’t help smiling
At last I got the joke

If silence is golden
I paid for every ounce
With echoes of sorrow
Inside this empty house

And that is where you’ll find me
Day after day
The foolish and the wisest
Listen when I say… that

I believed in something
Like nobody should
But now I see it for what it is
And what it is ain’t good