I am so sorry. I've made amends   I've kept my peace and bent my neck   I know the pattern, I know the sound   and I have twisted it around   The chance to speak passed me by   Remaining frozen in dead time   Honesty stripped of its meaning   I would not hurt you again   You have my heart, you have my hands   Pinning me down when I'm leaving      Moving without sense or sign   Uprooted, and the pain refined   How long can the silence hold?   Where were you when I grew old?      Move me in my lack of faith   Unhand me when it's all too late   How long can your arm hold strong?   Where are you when I am wrong?      I know you well enough      On the treshold of speaking of truces   Then the mouthful of still, hollow fear   There's no name to the path I am choosing   Time is passing, but I am still here    to see it through      Will I carry this burden forever?   My hands moving with words you won't hear   My heart beating the pulse for the deathbed   It's my kingdom. Here I am it all   So I know it each time you are lying   I can tell from the shame in your eyes   And each time there's a piece of me dying   but you know that I never compromise      Drowned inside you, all embraced   Grown to love the safety it gave   All protection ripped away   Never leave me alone and mute again      How long can the silence hold?