The Silence Lyrics - Singles - Stephen Duffy & The Lilac Time

I acquired knowledge and remained a fool 

And I required her to love me in my ignorance 

She found that she could not save time 

So she saved her breath 

And she became the silence in my life 

Was it the fear of god 

Or just the fear of fear 

That made a habit out of loving 

And kept her here 

You cant turn on the sunshine 

Like you can turn off the light 

So she became the darkness in my life 

Loves quiet inefficiency ran us down 

Left us like the feel good years 

Left the old boomtown 

I saw the ocean and the sea blue sky become one alone 

As she became the silence in my life 

I met you where the railway lines disappear 

You said you learn to love among volunteers 

But love involves conscription, sometimes when youre young 

But now we sing between the silence in my life 

Sing between the silence in my life 

She became the silence in my life