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The Quiet Ain't Empty
Pagan RIP
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There's a silence in the attic and it knows my name
Creaks real soft like it's playin' a game
The TV hums, though it ain't turned on
And I've been hearin' footsteps since the break of dawn
I got notes I don't remember writin'
Words scratched deep like someone's fightin'
There's teeth in my grin I ain't grown myself
And a voice in my throat that sounds like someone else
The quiet ain't empty, it's loud as hell
It sings to me like a rusted bell
Wraps around my ribcage tight
Whispers sins I dream at night
I don't cry, I don't scream
Just ride this crooked dream
'Cause the quiet ain't empty, it's me
Folks say you look fine, just need some rest
But they don't see the war beneath my chest
They don't hear the laughter in my spine
No, I sleep with a butchered mind
I got a map where the road's all end
And every sign says don't pretend
I keep a shovel by my bed
Bury the parts of me that ain't dead
The quiet ain't empty, it crawls about me
It dances in the kitchen light
It paints the walls with shades of dread
And hums a hymn for the half-lost dead
I don't beg, I don't pray
I just watch myself decay
'Cause the quiet ain't empty, it stays
If I ever start to smile too much
Check the windows, see if I've died
'Cause joy don't fit right in my skin
Not with the monsters I keep in
The quiet ain't empty, it's full of teeth
It follows me down every street
It chews my thoughts like old black tar
And tells me I ain't never gettin' far
I don't run, I don't fight
I just live in borrowed light
'Cause the quiet ain't empty
It's the loudest part of me at night
So if I go still and the world turns gray
Don't wake me, I was already halfway away