Years of Silence (And the Private Joke)

We stood in the sand, we stared at the stars (ah, ah)
What good is any of it now? (Ah!)
These were the moments in our lives that invoked years of silence
And after all that we had done
We had become, we had become
(The private joke)

We knew the risks, and we were willing to take them
And so we went through with it, and it would forever change us
We were those who felt they were desperate to live
We were those who'd let their hearts beat themselves to death

We stood in the sand, we stared at the stars (ah, ah)
What good is any of it now? (Ah!)
These were the moments in our lives that invoked years of silence
And after all that we had done
We had become, we had become
(The private joke)

We couldn't go back to the way it was before
'Til we would go our separate ways and never tell anyone
But what good are memories with no one to stand beside you?
What good are memories if those you made them with despise you?

We stood in the sand, we stared at the stars, ah, ah
What good is any of it now?
These were the moments in our lives that invoked years of silence
And after all that we had done
We had become, we had become
(The private joke)