Silent All These Years

Song Silent All These Years
Artist Tori Amos
Album Atlantic Records: The Time Capsule

Lyrics

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[00:12.22] excuse me but can i be you for a while
[00:15.41] my dog won't bite you if you sit real still
[00:20.28] i got the anti-christ in the kitchen yellin at me again
[00:26.89] yeah i can hear that been saved again by the garbage truck
[00:31.58] i got something to say you know but nothing come
[00:35.58] yes i know what you think of me you never shut up
[00:41.57] yeah i can hear that but what if i'm mermaid
[00:46.36] in these jeans of his with her name still on it hey
[00:47.47] but i don't care
[00:50.77] cause somtimes i said sometimes
[00:53.86] i hear my voice and it's been
[00:58.77] here
[01:03.52] silent all these years
[01:12.31][01:08.12] so you found a girl who thinks really deep thought
[01:16.04] what's so amazing about really deep thought
[01:20.38] boy you best pray that i bleed real soon
[01:23.74] how's that thought for ya
[01:27.59] my scream got lost in a paper cup
[01:29.96] you think ther;s heaven where some
[01:35.29] screams have gone i got 25 bucks and cracker do you think it's enough
[01:38.68] to get us there cause
[01:42.08] what if i'm a mermaid
[01:46.20] in these jeans fo his with her name still on it hey but
[01:48.88] i don't care cause sometimes
[01:51.74] i said sometimes
[01:54.33] i hear my voice and it's been
[01:59.15] here
[02:02.08] silent all these years
[02:08.28] go by will i still be waiting for somebody else to understand
[02:16.06] years go by will i'm stripped of my beauty and the orange cloud raining in my head
[02:23.43][02:21.44] years go by will i choke on my tears till finally there is nothing left
[02:28.34] one more casualty you know we're too easy
[02:30.56] easy easy
[02:34.34] well i love the way we communicate
[02:38.86][02:37.71] your eyes focus on my funny lip shape
[02:41.37] let's hear what you think of me now
[02:43.04] but baby don't look up
[02:45.60] the sky is falling
[02:49.68] your mother shows up in a rasty dress
[02:53.93] it's your turn now to stand where i sand
[02:56.38] everybody lookinnnn' at you
[02:58.32] here take a hold of my hand
[03:01.11] yeah i can hear them
[03:03.91] but what if i'm a mermaid
[03:09.43] in these jeans of his with her name still on it hey
[03:13.67] but i don't care cause sometimes i said sometimes
[03:18.65] i hear my voice i hear my voice
[03:21.06] and it's been
[03:25.31] here
[03:29.72] silent all these years
[03:38.51][03:33.90] i've been hear
[03:43.29] silent all these years
[03:47.31] silent all these years
[03:53.85] silent all these years