Silence Is Golden

I wish that I could freeze time, go to the wild, soak up the quiet till I'm dripping wet with it

Then I would drive home, go to my room, wring myself out, that would be the end of it

Instead, it's white noise, sufferingly loud, it's wearing me down, I'm up to my ears in it

It's like a wave break into my head, again and again, how are you not hearing it?

The sound, the sound, the sound, the sound

The sound, the sound, the sound, the sound

I'd burn the city to the ground to turn it down

Silence is golden, is golden, it's golden

Silence is golden, is golden, it's golden

Like a flock of birds flung out of the trees into the sky, any sound will set me off

I'm gonna hurl now, strapped to my seat and into the ride, somebody please let me off

Maybe I'll break, just shatter, disperse, like cracks in a glass, and never hold a drink again

Hey, there's a feedback making it worse, a million hertz, I can hear the ring again

The sound, the sound, the sound, the sound

The sound, the sound, the sound, the sound

I'd burn the city to the ground to turn it down

Silence is golden, is golden, it's golden

Silence is golden, is golden, it's golden

Silence is golden, is golden, it's golden

Silence is golden, is golden, it's golden

It's building to a siren screaming

It's building to a jet plane engine

Building to 6:00 a.m. construction

It's building and building and building until I can't function at all

Silence is golden, is golden, it's golden

Silence is golden, is golden, it's golden