Silent Voices - In Search of Solace

Every day all around us

We see the consequences of silence

Manifest themselves into the form of discrimination, violence, genocide, and war

Silence is the residue of fear

Is this buried within

Or carved into stone?

Can we overcome?

We speak in silent voices

Enslaved to tragedy

We’re longing for a purpose

To break these chains

And set us free

What is a life without purpose?

Since we were young we’ve all heard this

So we’ve been searching for the meaning

But we can barely scratch the surface

What does it mean to be alive?

Consumed by darkness as if it brings us light

Burdened by the weight it carries

Do we need it to survive?

We speak in silent voices

Enslaved to tragedy

We’re longing for a purpose

To break these chains

And set us free

When every waking moment is spent

Digging endlessly

Our hollow bones begin to show

As we keep losing sight

Of what the message was all along

Concealed behind these walls

Confused and captured souls

Disguised, exposed

Will we be crushed under the weight?

We are all consumed by the darkness as if it brings us light

Burdened by the weight

Do we need it to survive?

Do we need it to survive?

Do we need it?

We speak in silent voices

Enslaved to tragedy

We’re longing for a purpose

To break these chains

And set us free