I walk the long and winding street The city smiles, the icy stairs I want to be there when you fade If I can't touch and hold you near The emptiness, the restless crowd Complete the only things I fear ... silence The open door, the reckless age Toward the deep and silent night Recall a time that's never been Between the eyes, the local fire Above the sound, about a mile The cry is lost to history ... silence I walk into a quiet room The servants smile and disappear I hear a clock upon the wall I cannot stop the hands of time I cannot stop the voice inside I cannot stop, I long to hear ... silence