[singer A] The cupboards rattle with the empty air Gaslight burning a silent prayer The building towers for the clouds to kiss While we are drowning in the things we miss We can't take this any longer (can't take this any longer) We can't take this any longer (can't take this any longer) No, we can't take this any longer [transition] [singer B] The keys are on the counter where they fell An empty space you've come to know so well The dust is settling on the wooden floor No shadow waits behind the heavy door Just the quiet like a stone inside the well A story that the empty rooms will tell You can darken every window, you can pull the curtains wide Every silence, silence leaves an echo Every shadow leaves a sign And they are not gone Oh, they are not gone [transition] [singer A] Silver spoons on a velvet seat Miles of ocean between you and me Vanity projects in a desert land While we're just building on the sinking sand We can't take this any longer (can't take this any longer) We can't take this any longer (can't take this any longer) No, we can't take this any longer [transition] [singer B] We hear the voices that the wind has kept The missing footsteps where the children slept A terror that is hidden in the light A peace that vanished in the middle of the night But we are waking while the world has slept Keeping every promise that we kept You can darken every window, you can pull the curtains wide Every silence, silence leaves an echo Every shadow leaves a sign And they are not gone Oh, they are not gone [transition] [singer A] The line is thin, the glass is cracked There is no way to take it back We're standing up, we're breathing deep While the powerful are fast asleep We can't take this any longer (can't take this any longer) We can't take this any longer (can't take this any longer) No, we can't take this any longer Whoa [transition] [singer B] They thought the dark would keep the secret whole But every name is written on the soul No silence is as loud as what we know We will not let the fire inside us go You can darken every window, you can pull the curtains wide Every silence leaves an echo Every shadow leaves a sign And they are not gone Oh, they are not gone And they are not gone
