Adiam - Quiet Desperation lyrics

Quietly we're taught to listen and resign. Quiet desperation is our birthright, yours and mine. And quietly the voice of expectation drowns the dream, And quiet desperation chokes our soul, so we can't scream. Till we're tearing at the seam, waiting… Quietly we learn that life is just not fair. Quiet desperation turns to silence and despair. And quietly we ask ourselves: how could he choose that way? While quiet desperation draws us further everyday From the things we want to say. And we're waiting for a voice- Waiting for the voice to call us home to your embrace. And it doesn't take an angel or some ministers of grace. All it takes is someone who is saying I hear you. I am here. I am here. Something else is said And the phone goes dead And quietly it ends before it gets to start Quietly the center fails And things all fall apart And quietly we hide our guilt Each twinge and every pain And quietly your life ends With a whimper, not a bang. And quietly we ask what songs we might have sang. We're waiting for a voice; Waiting for the voice. Waiting for the voice to call us home to your embrace. And it doesn't take an angel or some ministers of grace. All it takes is someone saying I'm sorry, Malcolm.