Silence br Only silence, br No song to lift the tension br Nor to break the barren spell, br No music or no rhythm br Every day is just the same. br Endless br It's so endless, br Ignored by conversation br To share no joy nor laughter, br Imprisoned in a lonely cell br That offers no escape. br Missing br Always missing, br The first words of a baby br Gushing wind amongst the trees, br Or the waves upon the shoreline br And the chorus of the dawn. br Deafness br Wretched deafness, br How cruel and unforgiving br How uncaring and unkind, br To rob a soul of all these sounds br That I so love to hear.