Silence is Silver

Silence is silver lying deep underground
Alone in the darkness with no one around
Silence is silver in a room with no name
Beyond hubbub and murmur, beyond boasting and blame

Beyond scolding and teasing, beyond children’s cries
Beyond lamentation, beyond lover’s sighs

Let your love pour down around us
Speak not a word just let it surround us
Silence is silver poured from a cup
Hush now little darling not a word

Let your love pour down around us
Speak not a word just let it surround us
Silence is silver a gift of the gods
Hush now little darling not a word

Silence is silver on the bay tonight
Moonshine so lovely, reflected sunlight
Silence is silver in the fountains of Rome
A few good luck coins after friends have gone home

No more scolding and teasing, no more children’s cries
No more lamentation, no more lover’s sighs

Let your love pour down around us
Speak not a word just let it surround us
Silence is silver poured from a cup
Hush now little darling not a word

Let your love pour down around us
Speak not a word just let it surround us
Silence is silver a gift of the gods
Hush now little darling not a word

Silence is silver at the bottom of the sea
Some old Spanish treasure from 1803
When a ship bound for Galway went down off of Clare
Well it’s deep, and it’s dark and it’s quiet down there

Well that silver’s still shining with a heavenly light
Like the glow that I’m seeing in your eyes tonight

Let your love pour down around us
Speak not a word just let it surround us
Silence is silver poured from a cup
Hush now little darling not a word

Let your love pour down around us
Speak not a word just let it surround us
Silence is silver a gift of the gods
Hush now little darling not a word
© 2005, Kyle Alden