The Silence of War

Music by Taan & Haley Goodson

Lyrics by Barry Goodson

Hello darkness, my old friend

I’ve come to talk with you again

Through the night softly creeping

My enemy hopes to catch me sleeping

And the memory that was planted in my brain still remains

Within the sound of silence

In restless dreams I walk alone

Down jungle trails far from home

‘Neath the halo of a shadowed moon

A lingering shiver warned of doom

When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of exploding light

Fades in the night

And touched the sound of silence

And in the darkness light I saw

Ten thousand enemy, maybe more

People walking without speaking

Revealed by moonlight glistening

Minds writing songs no one could ever share

No one dared

Disturb the sound of silence

“Fools” said I, “you do not know

Silence hides Marines below

Hear my words that I might teach you

Stop the harm and death I beseech you”

But my words like silent raindrops fell

As battle echoes swell

In silence

Later people bowed and prayed

Why’d I survive when bullets sprayed

And flashbacks hit without warning

Memories bringing forth mourning

And the warriors said “the words of the protests are written on the subway walls

In echoed halls

And whispered in the sounds of silence