When the Noise Is Gone

The last laugh faded hours agoThe jokes aren't funny in the pale grey glowThere's a glass still sweating on the windowsillAnd a truth I've been trying to kill

The ashtrays are full, but the room is emptyThe person I am vs. the person I pretend to beThe sun doesn't care, it just floods the floorShows me the mess that I was ignoring before

And the silence is so loudIt cuts right through the cloudThere's no song left to singNo numbness left to holdIt's just me and the acheAnd the mess I makeWhen the noise is gone

The playlist we cheered to is just a quiet listA ghost in the speaker that I already missNot for the party, but for the disguiseThe blur I used to see the world through - different eyes

And the thoughts I drowned out are climbing the stairsThey don't knock, they just sit in the chairsAnd ask me about her, and ask me about meAsk if I'm ever gonna be what I pretend to be

And the silence is so loudIt cuts right through the cloudThere's no song left to singNo numbness left to holdIt's just me and the acheAnd the mess I makeWhen the noise is gone

This is the deal I signedThis is the morning mindThis is the tab that's dueFor a night I thought I knewAnd the smoke in the lightMakes everything feel too brightAnd too quiet

Yeah, the silence is so loudIt cuts right through the cloudThere's no one else to blameThere's just my name to blameAnd the space that you used to fillStanding perfectly stillWhen the noise is gone

When the noise is goneJust the sound of the clockAnd the quietThat's all