Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
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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I get something different than everyone else with this song. To me he's talking about being on tour and how surreal that is, and how he is forced to take on a persona that has little to do with who he is. I think he's upset about how everyone wants to hero worship his depression, make it out like he's such a sad person and that's all he is, like he can never laugh: the hero killed the clown. But he can't say anything about it. He's stuck going through the motions. And then the on tour part. He's all alone on tour, only has his own monologue. Doing the same things over and over. Plays his set, walks off stage, waits for the encore, comes right back - he stands up to sit back down (something he mentioned more than once in live shows feeling weird about doing). He just keeps going from town to town until they all blend in together and he leaves a piece of himself in every town (Spinning the world like a toy top; Until there's a ghost in every town). But he still can't say anything about how miserable this makes him because this is the life he wanted right? So he retreats into himself even more so he becomes the maker of his own world(Why should you want any other; When you're a world within a world?)