I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
I know you wanted me to keep my mouth shut
Because you hate it when I speak my mind
I suffer through but it feels so messed up
Like my opinion is a waste of time
We never wanted it to be this way
They never listen to a word we say
So scream your heart out
You are the chosen
You got to show them
Silence is the enemy
Scream it out loud
We are the broken
We got to show them
Silence is the enemy
You take your needles and sow my mouth shut
But you will never hear the last of me
This is the reason why we’re all so fucked up
You are the reason why we don’t believe
We never wanted it to be this way
They never listen to a word we say
So scream your heart out
You are the chosen
You got to show them
Silence is the enemy
Scream it out loud
We are the broken
We got to show them
Silence is the enemy
Scream it out loud
Silence is the enemy
Scream it out loud
Silence is the enemy
You got to show them
Silence is the enemy
Scream your heart out
You are the chosen
You got to show them
Silence is the enemy
Scream it out loud
We are the broken
We got to show them
Silence is the enemy
Scream it out loud
Silence is the enemy
Scream it out loud
Silence is the enemy
Scream it out loud
Silence is the enemy
Because you hate it when I speak my mind
I suffer through but it feels so messed up
Like my opinion is a waste of time
We never wanted it to be this way
They never listen to a word we say
So scream your heart out
You are the chosen
You got to show them
Silence is the enemy
Scream it out loud
We are the broken
We got to show them
Silence is the enemy
You take your needles and sow my mouth shut
But you will never hear the last of me
This is the reason why we’re all so fucked up
You are the reason why we don’t believe
We never wanted it to be this way
They never listen to a word we say
So scream your heart out
You are the chosen
You got to show them
Silence is the enemy
Scream it out loud
We are the broken
We got to show them
Silence is the enemy
Scream it out loud
Silence is the enemy
Scream it out loud
Silence is the enemy
You got to show them
Silence is the enemy
Scream your heart out
You are the chosen
You got to show them
Silence is the enemy
Scream it out loud
We are the broken
We got to show them
Silence is the enemy
Scream it out loud
Silence is the enemy
Scream it out loud
Silence is the enemy
Scream it out loud
Silence is the enemy
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Silence Is the Enemy Lyrics as written by James Michael Jacoby Dakota Shaddix
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it's a kinda thing like that in a relationship or in a friendship he learn that you have to say what you have to say or what you feel even if everyone want not you to tell, and all you have to do to make em understand to show em is that the silence of someone will get the things worse and not better!
not to sound mean or offensive but this really makes me think of hardcore Christians [so obviously not each one of them] and how if you are non-Christian or opposed to Christianity that they don't want to hear it at all, that they would rather have you keep your mouth shut about what you do or don't believe in. I can relate to this because I know a lot of Christians but it seems like only one of them has made it clear that she isn't open to other religions or even accepting those who aren't religious at all; she also speaks her mind WAY too much, always supporting what the bible says, and if she hears anything that goes against the bible she freaks out on you, but I think that fact is hilarious anyway because she's divorced and guess what? that's one of the biggest sins in the bible [i'm not being preachy, it's just a true fact; i'm not even Christian]. but I think this song can really reflect us "non-religious" people, especially with the needles-sewing-mouth-shut, hate-it-when-speaking-mind, opinion-is-waste-of-time, and especially the line "this is the reason that we're all so fucked up, you are the reason that we don't believe"- I think this line is real good to use against Christianity because supposedly god is love and that means unconditional, accepting no matter what, yet most Christians have warped so many minds into believing that you do anything remotely against the bible that you're evil and condemned to hell and the hardcore Christians also tend to hate you for that to. I am pagan [and by the way paganism is the longest-known religion and Christianity was even built off paganism so they are hypocritical and narcissistic if they are opposed to pagans] and I know a lot of people who have been through divorce; I could honestly care less about that. I also have friends who are either bi- or homosexual and I love them unconditionally- their choice of lifestyle is not mine.
so pretty much I see this song as a stand against hardcore Christians, and I don't care if you hate me for this either because SILENCE IS THE ENEMY!!