Shut Up

THE WORLD USED TO BE SILENT

NOW IT HAS TOO MANY VOICES

AND THE NOISE IS A CONSTANT DISTRACTION

THEY MULTIPLY, INTENSIFY

THEY WILL DIVERT YOUR ATTENTION TO WHAT’S CONVENIENT

AND FORGET TO TELL YOU ABOUT YOURSELF

WE LIVE IN AN AGE OF MANY STIMULATIONS

IF YOU ARE FOCUSED YOU ARE HARDER TO REACH

IF YOU ARE DISTRACTED YOU ARE AVAILABLE

YOU ARE DISTRACTED

YOU ARE AVAILABLE

YOU WANT FLATTERY

ALWAYS LOOKING TO WHERE IT’S AT

YOU WANT TO TAKE PART IN EVERYTHING AND EVERYTHING TO BE A PART OF YOU

YOUR HEAD IS SPINNING FAST AT THE END OF YOUR SPINE UNTIL YOU HAVE NO FACE AT ALL

AND YET

IF THE WORLD WOULD SHUT UP

EVEN FOR A WHILE

PERHAPS

WE WOULD START HEARING THE DISTANT RHYTHM OF AN ANGRY YOUNG TUNE – AND RECOMPOSE OURSELVES

PERHAPS

HAVING DECONSTRUCTED EVERYTHING

WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT PUTTING EVERYTHING BACK TOGETHER

SILENCE YOURSELF

TOO MANY TO CONVINCE

TOO MANY TO HIRE

AND NOTHING YOU EVER OWN

THE WORLD'S A DEAD SORRY HOLE

AND I'M COLD, AND I'M COLD

AND IM COLD, AND I'M STUBBORN

I'M SICK TO KEEP IT OPEN WIDE

AND SPEAKING WORDS TO THE BLIND

SPEAKING WORDS, TO THE BLIND

SPEAKING WORDS, TO THE BLIND

AND THE SOUL OF THE PURE

AND THE EYES OF THE LOVER

AND THE ONE WHO TRULY SAW YOUR SOUL

AND THE ONE WHO TRULY SAW YOUR SOUL

I'M THE ONE, WHO TRULY SAW YOUR SOUL

I'M THE ONE, WHO TRULY SAW YOUR SOUL

AND IF YOU TELL ME TO SHUT UP

AND IF YOU TELL ME TO SHUT IT

DID YOU TELL ME TO SHUT UP

OH IF YOU TELL ME TO SHUT IT

I'LL SHUT IT NOW

YOUNG, JUST BORN

FRAGILE AND TREMBLING SOUL

YOU HOLD IT TO THE LIGHT

THAT POURS DOWN THE MOON AT NIGHT

YOU KEPT ON HOLDING IT

YOU KEPT ON HOLDING IT

IT WAS A DANGEROUS THING TO DO

BUT YOU DID IT WHEN NO ONE KNEW

WHEN THE EYES WERE CLOSED

AND THE PEOPLE ASLEEP

NOT AN ANIMAL

NOT A HUMAN

NOT A SOUL

NOT A SOUL

AND IF YOU TELL ME TO SHUT UP

AND IF YOU TELL ME TO SHUT IT

DID YOU TELL ME TO SHUT UP

OH IF YOU TELL ME TO SHUT IT

I SHUT IT NOW

I AM A BREAKER OF OCEAN

LEADEN LIKE A BULLET TO THE SUN

I AM A BREAKER OF OCEAN

LEADEN LIKE A BULLET TO THE SUN, TO THE SUN, TO THE SUN...