I don't dare to scream I'm afraid of avalanches Afraid to be dragged down Afraid of the consequences I don't dare to walk They said it could be thunder And rain and hail and lightning For a little boy that's frightening So many words exploding in my chest Captured, tortured and in arrest Had to bury them Burning on my tongue like a bitter pill I'm not getting better, I'm getting ill Silence silence silence Silence silence silence I don't dare to swim The sea is full of maelstroms Afraid to drown Can't breathe under water I don't even dare to speak Or raise my head up They have guillotines To produce silence again So many words exploding in my chest Captured tortured and in arrest Had to bury past Bruning on my tongue like a bitter pill I'm not getting better, I'm getting ill Silence silence silence Silence silence silence silence silence So many words exploding in my chest Captured, tortured and in arrest Had to bury them Burning on my tongue like a bitter pill I'm not getting better, I'm getting ill