I know where silence lives Way up North where the border meets the West Fifteen feet above the sea Wind will come and the cold keeps telling me It knows who silence is A decade ago I could paint my whole face in it Hidden black behind my knees Looking to a window To ten more in front of me I know running is wrong But I'm gonna run anyway If leaving was wrong Why did happiness follow me? I know where silence sleeps Way down South where the cloud line meets the cliffs Wandering down toward the beach Where rivers will run and the stars keep telling me They know where silence is I hope he's on that boat With my mother in Budapest Not wasting time on the street But headed for the hills Where I'll remake my memories I know running is wrong But I'm all out of words to say If leaving was wrong Why did happiness follow me? Don't grieve this too long It's a waste of your life to pray Selfish I know But I'm selfish in many ways I'll dream seven years below the sea Covered from the storm Where the world won't trouble me