the longest night

Keep your clever lines
Hold your easy rhymes
Silence everything
Silence always wins
It’s a perfect alibi —
There’s no need to analyze
It will be alright
Through the longest night
Just silence everything
As you know;
That’s how it all begins
And you know;
They can’t touch what lies within
So keep those clever lines
So nice to hide behind
Away from me
Through the longest night of our lives
Learn from my mistake;
Leave what others take
Speak when spoken to
And do what others do
Cuz silence always wins
So silence everything
It will be alright
In the morning light
Just silence everything
As you know;
They can’t touch what lies within
And you know;
That’s where it all begins
So keep your clever lines
Hold your easy rhymes
You were quick to judge
Quick to criticise
But too slow to know
What I’ve realised;
It’s the longest night of our lives