Stephen Duffy And The Lilac Time - The Silence lyrics

I acquired knowledge and remained a fool And I required her to love me in my ignorance She found that she could not save time So she saved her breath And she became the silence in my life Was it the fear of God or just the fear of fear That made a habit out of loving and kept her here? You can't turn on the sunshine Like you can turn off the light So she became the darkness in my life Love's quiet inefficiency ran us down Left us like the feelgood years left the old boomtown I saw the ocean and the sea blue sky become one alone As she became the silence in my life I met you where the railway lines disappear You said you learn to love among volunteers But love involves conscription Sometimes when you're young but now We sing between the silence in my life Sing between the silence in my life She became the silence in my life She became the silence in my life