The Silent Life Lyrics
The sun leaves on its own
A simple passage of the days that I have wasted
I feel the summer slipping through
These aging fingers
Compelled to walk upon the same path that I have tread so long
Still nothing changes
A simple passage to a place that I have come to know
I still remember
A better time
When the thoughts that we had connected
Between our open eyes
We say goodbye to a life that’s been mostly silent
Erroneously led
Strive to complete myself
It seems my work is never truly done
I see your face, barely through the haze
You see a life, erroneously led
There’s hope in younger days
There’s warmth within the past that’s so familiar
I forget just why I came here
I Hope that you remember
Home
A simple passage of the days that I have wasted
I feel the summer slipping through
These aging fingers
Compelled to walk upon the same path that I have tread so long
Still nothing changes
A simple passage to a place that I have come to know
I still remember
A better time
When the thoughts that we had connected
Between our open eyes
We say goodbye to a life that’s been mostly silent
Erroneously led
Strive to complete myself
It seems my work is never truly done
I see your face, barely through the haze
You see a life, erroneously led
There’s hope in younger days
There’s warmth within the past that’s so familiar
I forget just why I came here
I Hope that you remember
Home
All this time I’ve wasted
In my self-righteous anger
Oh the years I’ve lost
To this profound indifference
I find my direction
A solemn duty owned
Mine, it is mine alone
To watch this world expire
Like machines, we embrace
Cold limbs connect
A silent, errored life
Slipping into oblivion
Led astray through endless days
Silent now, the words so loud
My mind is drifting out
Between perception of a dream and what is real
Now all I have is lost with you
I hope that you remember
A better time
When the lights were all so candescent
That reached me from the sky
We say goodbye to a life within dead horizons
Erroneously led
In my self-righteous anger
Oh the years I’ve lost
To this profound indifference
I find my direction
A solemn duty owned
Mine, it is mine alone
To watch this world expire
Like machines, we embrace
Cold limbs connect
A silent, errored life
Slipping into oblivion
Led astray through endless days
Silent now, the words so loud
My mind is drifting out
Between perception of a dream and what is real
Now all I have is lost with you
I hope that you remember
A better time
When the lights were all so candescent
That reached me from the sky
We say goodbye to a life within dead horizons
Erroneously led
Strive to escape myself
It seems my work is never truly done
I see your shape falter in the wake
Of a life erroneously led
It seems my work is never truly done
I see your shape falter in the wake
Of a life erroneously led
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“The Silent Life” sets up the concept of change for Where Owls Know My Name, with Rivers of Nihil using the changing of leaves in fall as a symbol for change in a person. This song specifically details the life of a person who had spent their life silent and indifferent. This person looks back and sees all the years that they have wasted, claiming to have lived life incorrectly.
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February 6, 2018
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