The song seems to be about a manipulative relationship. The narrator and the manipulator are now drifting apart or are no longer talking, leaving the narrator to reflect on the relationship and recover from the unfortunate situation that they had been in for so long.
[Verse 1]
You decide you're evil
You test it on the skies
This complicated evil
It does you no justice here
Yeah I'm supposed to shine, dear
But I can't see my hands
We drift apart like colours
And learn from mistakes you've put into place when you walked
Walked away
I'm hanging on the words that you say
Oh
[Pre-Chorus]
And I don't know why
But silent movies always make me cry
It's the black and white
Everybody trying to make it through the night
[Chorus]
Well I don't know anyone else
And I'm always all by myself
So please tell me why
The silent movies make me cry
[Verse 2]
Are we cornered into my mind
'Cause I don't know where to go
Such a complicated evil
You're pulling on strings you've put into place when you walked
When you walked away
A subtle change but I can't seem to fake
And it feels so strange
[Pre-Chorus]
And I don't know why
The silent movies always make me cry
It's the black and white
Everybody's trying to make it through the night
[Chorus]
Well I don't know anyone else
And I'm always all by myself
So please tell me why
The silent movies make me cry
Silent Movies was written by Tom Higham.
Silent Movies was produced by Aquilo.
Aquilo released Silent Movies on Fri Feb 23 2018.