It was loud Louder than anything heard before It seemed to echo all around From the city streets it tore Louder than the loudest of concerts Louder than the looks traded back and forth The shadows had the highest honors It protected even those with no worth Language was spoken only through hands Not a whisper or scream could be heard Neither a storm screaming across sands Every movenment had been learned It was loud Louder than anything heard before It seemed to echo all around From the country streets it tore Louder than the engines of trucks Louder than the howling of wolves From the ground up lightning struck From the caves the silence was pulled Now The shadows cradled a broken soul So the trees cried out And the animals mourned And the silence echoed across the lands Where people could speak but only with hands Where there was no music and were no stands Where the silence was woven into sheets with strands