(Verse 1)
The door didn't slam, the glass didn't shatter
We just stopped fighting like it didn't matter
I watched you pack up your things in a box
No screaming, no shouting, just turning the locks
I was bracing my soul for a hurricane roar
But you left like a shadow right out of the door.
(Pre-Chorus) No grand finale, no last bitter word
Just the loneliest sound that I’ve ever heard
The static is gone, the signal is dead
And the noise of your absence is filling my head.
(Chorus)
And now it’s drop dead silent in this empty room
The clock is just ticking the rhythm of doom
I’m screaming your name but it screams back at me
Into a dark, echoing, bottomless sea
I thought that the weeping would wash me away
But the quiet is doing the killing today
Yeah, my world is violent, but it's drop dead silent.
(Verse 2)
I sit on the mattress and pull up the sheets
But I can’t drown out the sound of the streets
Every car passing by makes me freeze in the dark
Hoping it’s you pulling up to the park
But the engine just fades, and the stillness returns
To a cold, hollow fireplace that no longer burns.
(Pre-Chorus)
No grand finale, no last bitter word
Just the loneliest sound that I’ve ever heard
The static is gone, the signal is dead
And the noise of your absence is filling my head.
(Chorus)
And now it’s drop dead silent in this empty room
The clock is just ticking the rhythm of doom
I’m screaming your name but it screams back at me
Into a dark, echoing, bottomless sea
I thought that the weeping would wash me away
But the quiet is doing the killing today
Yeah, my world is violent, but it's drop dead silent.
(Bridge)
Give me a fight, give me something to break!
Give me a reason to stay wide awake!
I’d take all your anger, I’d take all your lies
Just to stop the blank stare of these mid-Atlantic skies
Say something! Just say something!
The peace that you left is a terrifying thing!
(Chorus)
And now it’s drop dead silent in this empty room
The clock is just ticking the rhythm of doom
I’m screaming your name but it screams back at me
Into a dark, echoing, bottomless sea
I thought that the weeping would wash me away
But the quiet is doing the killing today
Yeah, my world is violent, but it's drop dead silent.
(Outro)
Can you hear that?
Nothing.
Absolutely nothing.
Drop dead...
