Silence Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Clownshoes 

Cover art for Silence lyrics by Portishead

My personal interpretation is that she's mourning the loss of an unborn child, like a miscarriage or something. Her partner doesn't understand the pain she's dealing with because he did a runner and now she suffers in silence.

The way the track abrubtly ends symbolises the sudden loss of the unborn child

My Interpretation