Quiet as the Dead

We tried slashing strangers' tires
We tried ending good romances
Spouted blasphemy to get a rise
Yeah, we crashed a thousand dances
'Cause nobody warned us
Nobody warned us, though they knew
Every grownup that you trusted lied to you

They were quiet as the dead when it happened to them
Quiet as the dead, they may as well have been
So we tell ourselves we'll raise hell instead
That we'll scream and scream, but it's still quiet as the dead

And I've walked with all my friends
Through the graveyards where we laughed
But now I read between the lines of every epitaph
'Cause nobody warned them
Nobody warned them and now the disease
Fades into view in the heavenly blue
In the face of every screen

They were quiet as the dead when it happened to them
Quiet as the dead, they may as well have been
So we tell ourselves we'll raise hell instead
We'll scream and scream, but we're still quiet as the dead

And the filthiest pages of the godliest books
Could all spring to life, but you remain unshook
Down in the burning jungle, the zoo of the young
Nobody warned you, nobody warned you, nobody warned you
What would it have done?

You were quiet as the dead when it happened to them
Quiet as the dead, they may as well have been
So we tell ourselves we'll raise hell instead
We'll scream and scream, but we're still quiet as the dead

You were quiet as the dead when it happened to them
Quiet as the dead, they may as well have been
So we tell ourselves we'll raise hell instead
We'll scream and scream, but we're still quiet as the dead

We'll scream and scream, but we're still quiet as the dead