"Silence Is" lyrics - PAUL HEATON

When you're staring a few inches from the wall
And you're watching a single spider begin it's crawl
It's just a single thread he spins
It has to break his fall
And silence is the slowest dance of all

From the greenkeeper's good morning to the birds
To the father at the funeral stuck for words
There's a part of us that's confident and
Can pad it out two-thirds
Silence is the slowest song of all

Silence is the cancer that wakes us in the morn
Turns our every sentence into weak mead and withdrawn
We wish to speak with everyone
Wish we'd not been born
Silence is the deadly dance
The reason spiders take that chance
Spin that web for flies and ants
Silence is the greatest dance of all

From the noise of New York traffic to Nepal
From Hindu Bhudist peace to barroom brawl
From the CEO of supermarket to the wide boy on the stall
Silence is the waltz that grabs us all

From the friendly wave of postie over hedge
To the two-fingered salute from brand new reg
It could be suicide for window cleaner standing on that ledge
Silence is the dance that grabs us all

Silence is the modern life that cuts into our throat
Gets the punchline, slices up and turns us into the joke
Takes the uncorrupted and wraps in vampire's cloak
Pacific Heights to Rio Slums
To silence everyone succumbs
Across the world the word is mum's
Silence bangs the loudest drums
Silence bangs the loudest drums
Silence bangs the loudest drums
Silence bangs the loudest drums of all