Текст песни
Spanish moss hangs low, like a curtain of crime
Moonlight on the water, and the river keeps time
I got mud on my boots and a prayer in my throat
Every sign says “turn back,” but I follow that note
A box of old echoes in a locked-up mind
Names on the walls that I can’t leave behind
There’s a lamb in the distance, there’s a bell in the air
And a hunger that’s smiling like it knows I’m there
Step… by… step… the dark learns my name
Cold breath on my neck like a flickering flame
If I run, it’ll chase if I stop, I’ll drown
So I walk into nowhere, let the night drag me down
Down… down… to the road of si-leeeence
Where the loudest sin is the cold, cold qui-e-eet
Hold… on… to my last bit of vio-leeeence
’Cause the dark don’t blink and the dark don’t sleep
Ohhh— I hear it… I feeeel it
The road to silence under my feet
There’s a man in the hallway with a gentleman’s grin
Soft words like silk with a razor within
He says, “Tell me your fear,” like it’s perfume and wine
And I taste iron truth on the edge of that line
I keep my eyes steady, but my hands shake slow
In this swamp of shadows where the secrets grow
Every door is a mouth, every lock is a dare
And the quiet is waiting with its teeth in the air
Down… down… to the road of si-leeeence
Where the loudest sin is the cold, cold qui-e-eet
Hold… on… to my last bit of vio-leeeence
’Cause the dark don’t blink and the dark don’t sleep
Ohhh— I hear it… I feeeel it
The road to silence under my feet
Don’t make a sound… don’t make it real
I can’t outrun what I can’t reveal
But I won’t be prey in a hymn of fear
I’ll walk through the black till the dawn is here
If the silence wants me, it can take my scream
I’ll bleed out the night like a bad old dream!
Down… down… to the road of si-leeeence
Where the loudest sin is the cold, cold qui-e-eet
Hold… on… to my last bit of vio-leeeence
’Cause the dark don’t blink and the dark don’t sleep
Ohhh— I hear it… I feeeel it… I feeeel it
The road to silence… under my feeeet
O-o-oh… si-leeeence… si-leeeence…
