[Intro]
It is not enough to be dumbstruck
You must have the words in that head of yours
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh
[Verse 1]
Tell me a piece of your history that you're proud to call your own
Speak in words you picked up as you walked through life alone
We used to swim in your stories and be pulled out by their tide
Choking on the words and drowning with no air inside
[Pre-Chorus]
Now you've hit a wall
And it's not your fault, my dear, my dear, my dear
Now you've hit a wall
And you hit it hard, my dear, my dear, oh, dear
[Chorus]
It is not enough to be dumbstruck, can you fill this silence?
You must have the words in that head of yours
And, oh, oh, can you feel this silence? I can't take it anymore
'Cause it is not enough to be dumbstruck, can you fill this silence?
[Post-Chorus]
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh
[Verse 2]
Tell me a piece of your history that you've never said out loud
Pull the rug beneath my feet and shake me to the ground
Wrap me around your fingers, break the silence open wide
Before it seeps into my ears and fills me up from the inside
[Pre-Chorus]
Now you've hit a wall
And you hit it hard, my dear, my dear, my dear
Now you've hit a wall
And you're lost for words, my dear, my dear, oh, dear
[Chorus]
It is not enough to be dumbstruck, can you fill this silence?
You must have the words in that head of yours
And, oh, oh, can you feel this silence? I can't take it anymore
'Cause it is not enough to be dumbstruck, can you fill this silence?
[Bridge]
If you give it a name, then it's already won
What you good for? What you good for?
If you give it a name, then it's already won
What you good for? What you good for?
If you give it a name, then it's already won
What you good for? What you good for?
If you give it a name, then it's already won
What you good for? What you good for?
[Chorus]
It is not enough to be dumbstruck, can you fill this silence?
You must have the words in that head of yours
And, oh, oh, can you feel this silence? I can't take it anymore
'Cause it is not enough to be dumbstruck, oh
[Outro]
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Heh, thank you
The Silence (Live) was written by Dan Smith.
Bastille released The Silence (Live) on Fri Sep 27 2013.