Falling Silence

{slow dynamic build, clean electric guitar

arpeggios,

distant muffled floor tom,

gritty hum}

Walking down the crowded street

Nobody looks up from their feet

Talking loud but no one hears Drowning in a sea of fears

{driving eighth-note bassline enters}

And you think you have a voice

But they made the final choice

{exploding volume boost, guitar feedback swell} Nobody cares what you say

Nobody watches you drift away (no,

they don't)

They just smile and turn the page

Left alone on an empty stage {heavy walls of distortion,

crushing drums}

Throw your wishes in the well

No one's left to hear them tell

Your quiet riot in the dark

Fading down to just a spark

{guitars pull back to clean grit,

dynamic drop} Nobody cares what you say

Nobody watches you drift away

(no, they don't)

They just smile and turn the page

Left alone on an empty stage {heavy walls of distortion,

crushing drums} {expressive screaming guitar solo,

wah-wah pedal, overdriven

feedback} Nobody cares... No,

nobody... {music slows down,

guitar feedback

fades, single bass note resolves}