So I take that you thought

Some things are better left unsaid

You chose your inhibitions

Over what I should comprehend

What could have been done

To keep me from going astray

Begging for direction

But not pointed out the way



Silence, silence doesn't teach

Silence, silence doesn't lead

Silence, where did I end up

In a self-destructive rut



Do I think I'm stronger because I learned my own way

I just think I'm lucky to have made it out unscathed

Now I'm thinking I resent the counsel that I lacked

All the words I didn't hear could have saved my past



Silence, silence doesn't teach

Silence, silence doesn't lead

Silence, where did I end up

In a self-destructive rut



Silence is deafening

You don't say

Silence is deafening



The corrupt light shines

The corrupt light blinds

Time to shrink, time to hide

Time to guard what's inside



The street didn't gently take me under their wing

The street is so dirty and I feel unclean

Silence is deafening when guidance is sought

Silence is deafening, and now I'm haunted