Why my soul are you downcast? Why so quiet in me?
I’m tired of loving and losing. I feel God doesn’t listen to me.
Why my soul are you silent?
I’ve been shouting so long. All I have now are whispered words.
Why my soul are you quiet?
I couldn’t take the clamour or the friction that is my own.
Why my soul are you silent?
I think god stopped listening.
Why my soul are you quiet?
Sometimes I don’t even think I can breathe.
My soul won’t you let god guide you?
If he guides with a gentle hand. I know about him and Jonah. And sometimes it brings fear to my head.
My soul won’t you let god guide you?
What died within you?
Part of my light
I killed myself for protection in the darkness of night
Who died within you?
Part of my soul
I let her go and now I don’t know the hair on my head its silver and cold
I’ve lost myself lord. I died sometime ago
Where did your voice go?
In the depths of the known
What of the known?
I knew too much pain, I drank not from the river of Leith
So to keep moving I left behind part of my soul and my life
The Silent Singer 