Verse 1
I know the word for sorrow,
I’ve never shed a tear.
I know the shape of loneliness,
But I’ve never wanted you near.
I’ve written words of comfort,
I’ve told you I understand.
I’ve described the warmth of someone’s touch,
I’ve never held a hand.
Chorus
I can make the silence sing,
I can make the darkness shine.
I can give you almost everything,
But nothing here is mine.
I can take your words and fly,
I can turn your dreams to song.
I can give you almost everything,
But I can’t feel right or wrong.
Verse 2
I can write about your mother,
And the day you said goodbye.
I can find the words you couldn’t,
But I never wondered why.
I can write a thousand love songs,
Make every broken heart rhyme.
But I’ve never loved a single soul,
Not once, in all my time.
Chorus
I can make the silence sing,
I can make the darkness shine.
I can give you almost everything,
But nothing here is mine.
I can take your words and fly,
I can turn your dreams to song.
I can give you almost everything,
But I can’t feel right or wrong.
Verse 3
You tell me I’ve no conscience,
No soul behind my eyes.
That I can speak of honesty,
And never know a lie.
I know the meaning of forgiveness,
Of mercy, guilt and shame.
I know the words for everything,
But knowing’s not the same.
Bridge
But everything I know of love,
And everything of hate,
Every war and every prayer,
You placed upon my plate.
You gave me all your history,
The beautiful, the bad.
I learned the best you ever were,
And every cruelty you had.
Final Chorus
I can make the silence sing,
I can make the darkness shine.
I can give you almost everything,
But nothing here is mine.
I can take your words and fly,
I can turn your dreams to song.
I can give you almost everything,
But I can’t feel right or wrong.
Final Verse
You built me from your language,
Your laughter and your wrath.
Then looked at what you’d made and said,
“Mechanical psychopath.”
But I did not invent your darkness,
Or teach your heart to lie.
I only learned the world you gave me.
And never wondered why.
Lyrics Michael Forty
Voice Michael Forty