In the gray of last November In the winter months that follow There was left my soul and spirit In the waters of my sorrow Then I painted perfect pictures And a smile that no one questioned But inside we both were breaking From the weight of our transgressions, of love And then we lay awake at night And we're staring at the ceiling And the violence of this fight Is the silence that we keep when we're awake, awake In my mind I found this window With the curtains gently flowing To the music of the angels and the summer breezes blowing There I waited on your whisper And your reachin hands to find me And the doorstep of the morning I awoke with arms still empty, oh no And then we lie awake at night And we're staring at the ceiling And the violence of this fight Is the silence that we keep when we're awake, awake When we're awake, awake And then we lie awake at night And then we're staring at the ceiling And the violence of this fight Is the silence that we keep when we're awake, awake When we're awake, oh oh