This Silent World



This silent world, we're living in,
Nobody knows, nobody knows but me and you,
In silent words, we talk together,
Nobody hears, nobody hears a word we say;

And I would give anything to be with you now,
Yes I would give anything to be with you now,
Yes I would give anything to be with you now;

In silent dreams, we sleep together,
Holding you tight, holding you tight till morning comes,
With silent eyes, we see each other,
I'm looking at you, I'm looking at you, you look at me;

And I would give anything to see you right now,
Yeah I would give anything to see you right now,
Yes I would give anything to see you right now;

Oh I don't care what the people say,
Our secret will not fall,
'Cos I know love is here to stay,
We've got to keep a wall, 'round a silent world,
Come over here darling, come over here and talk to me;

And I would give anything to hold you right now,
Yeah I would give anything to hold you right now,
Yes I would give anything to hold you right now,
Yes I would give anything to hold you right now;

This silent world - I would give anything,
This silent world - I would give anything;
"This is based on a kind of Romeo and Juliet love story, where two people are in love - but they can't let anybody know about it. The lyric goes 'This silent world we're living in, nobody knows, nobody knows but me and you. In silent words we talk together, nobody hears, nobody hears a word we say - and I would give anything to be with you now.' It's probably the first track on the album and, again, it's a nice energetic song about two people wishing that they could be together but for reasons like, for example, in Romeo & Juliet, they are not allowed to be together. So they've got to have an undercover relationship as far as their families are concerned in case, like Romeo and Juliet, they get caught and are not permitted to be lovers."
The Getaway Gazette, April 1994

Albums

"This Silent World" appears on the following albums:

This Way Up