Subdued Voices

deathly hush reigns as I walk the streets 
total absence of outside noise pollution 
Only seeming quiet places, I'm speechless 
Illusory silence 
My trembling voice inside echoes like a creeping 
sound drowned into the abyss 
Fighting against my stillness to resurface

Fixed stare on darkness of a stationary world 
Reduced to a silent 
and eerie contemplation 
Nothing emerging from dust 
I can't breathe a single word 
And call this bloody shambles a bloody shambles 
Desolation, devastation before my very eyes 
I can't break the silence and come out of my muted shell 
I'm wandering the streets like a lost soul 
I'm assailed with inner noises of the ancient world 
Intermingling sounds emerging in the depths of my being 
Funeral laments, Nuptial songs invade me and deafen me

Millions of voices resound in my hollow body 
Resonant memories of my humanity 
Despairing, popular songs 
Sirens hymns emerging from dark

What is that sound bursting out of myself 
life instinct taking flight high in the air 
Endless moans escaping from me 
Brutal and deafening like the cry of a newborn dead 
But who are those hooded hordes screaming over and over inside my head 
I can't get rid of this cacophony 
I'm wandering the streets like a lost soul 
I'm assailed with inner noises of the ancient world Intermingling sounds emerging in the depths of my being

Millions of voices resound in my hollow body 
Resonant memories of my humanity 
Despairing, popular songs 
Sirens hymns emerging from dark

Voices bemoaning in my ears 
I can hear all these screams in my head

Subdued voices deafening me, deafening me