High life
I have become a silent movie
The hero killed the clown
Can't make a sound
Can't make a sound
Can't make a sound
Nobody knows what he's doing
Still hanging around
Can't make a sound
Can't make a sound
Can't make a sound
Can't make a sound
The slow motion moves me
The monologue means nothing to me
Bored in the role, but he can't stop
Standing up to sit back down
Or lose the one thing found
Spinning the world like a toy top
'Til there's a ghost in every town
Can't make a sound
Can't make a sound
Can't make a sound
Can't make a sound
Eyes locked and shining
Can't you tell me what's happening?
Why should you want any other when you're a world within a world?
Why should you want any other when you're a world within a world?
Why should you want any other when you're a world within a world?
Why should you want any other when you're a world within a world?
The hero killed the clown
Can't make a sound
Can't make a sound
Can't make a sound
Nobody knows what he's doing
Still hanging around
Can't make a sound
Can't make a sound
Can't make a sound
Can't make a sound
The slow motion moves me
The monologue means nothing to me
Bored in the role, but he can't stop
Standing up to sit back down
Or lose the one thing found
Spinning the world like a toy top
'Til there's a ghost in every town
Can't make a sound
Can't make a sound
Can't make a sound
Can't make a sound
Eyes locked and shining
Can't you tell me what's happening?
Why should you want any other when you're a world within a world?
Why should you want any other when you're a world within a world?
Why should you want any other when you're a world within a world?
Why should you want any other when you're a world within a world?
Lyrics submitted by EnjOy IncUbus, edited by come for f
Can't Make a Sound Lyrics as written by Steven Paul Smith
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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on e of the most beautiful song ever to me. my version is that this song is nothing else butof a broken heart, a man who tried for too long to believe in something that he finally admits doesn't exist. he expressed the numbing that comes with the realisation that such dream was impossible. and this silence, expresses all the pain, no words can come close to what he has inside. he feels stupid, and the muted tongue isn't something he wishes at all, I think he's only completely feeling out of place. to me, that is the main feel to get from the words here, all the sadness of being tired, helpless, overwhelmed and feeling worthless, that's how one can go numb, like a frozen ocean, lost unable to cross to the other side.