before there was silence
there was a sound
and before there was quiet
there was loud

i hear it so often
when no one's around
before there was silence
there was a sound

before there was darkness
there was the light
well first came the day
and then came the night

i see it so often
so bright and so clear
before there was darkness
a light was here

before there was silence
before there was quiet
before there was

and before there was truth
there was a lie
and the lie became truth
in the usual way

rejected accpeted
until one day you find
what you held as truth
was really just a lie

before there was pieces
there was the whole
and it broke into pieces
bodies and souls

now everyone's looking
one way or another
'cause everyone's missing
one or the other

before there was silence
before there was quiet
before there was

and all of this happened
it will happen again
and all of the while
it is happening

yes all of this happened
it will happen again
and all of the while
it is happening