a sad silence

Singer:mighty mighty bosstones, the

two years and extra days

a block away he'd head to hang. same corner

neighborhood

his friends

the gang

two years and extra days

a bigger kid would black his eye. no real reason

explaination

and every day no one knew why. the bigger kid was crazy

that made the gang afraid. when he told the gang to shut their mouths

the gang obeyed. you've got to have a place to be

you need a place to hang around. so no one spoke

no one moved

no one made a sound. both his eyes would twitch

the left one was always black. his lips they never moved

they stayed still with each attack. his ears were always ringing

in his head he'd hear a hum. and all the kids on the corner knew what it was from. then one day it happened

he took his daily crack. his eyes rolled up

llike yesterday

he started falling back. the kids that watched this every day now watched him hit the ground. and no one spoke

no one moved

no one made a sound. and no one made a sound. both his eyes would twitch

the left one was always black. his lips they never moved

they stayed still with each attack. his ears were always ringing

in his head he'd hear a hum. and all the kids on the corner knew what it was from. no one spoke

no one moved

no one made a sound. a sad silent situation

now he's not around.

Lyric Context: a sad silence - mighty mighty bosstones, the