The Quiet Parts

Lyrics for The Quiet Parts

Listen, they said it before Loud as a whale Clear as a siren Blunt as a cannonball Listen, they're saying again Sharp as a promise Deep as the devil All while you were Sleeping well aware That power poisons And absolute consumes Too late, they told you their names And said just who they were You should have believed them Zealots are tugging the strings Feeding the id and Starving the ego Choking the light right out Soon as the quiet parts Were trumpeted and bellowed We should have listened then Shored up to keep from Drowning beneath the ugly Tidal wave of The true believers Too late, they told you their names And said just who they were You should have believed them Sleep, sleep well Power poisons (well, oh, well), power poisons Listen, they said it before Loud as a whale Clear as a siren Blunt as a cannonball Soon as the quiet parts Were trumpeted and bellowed We should have listened then Shored up to keep from Keep from, keep from We should, we should have listened then Shored Keep from, keep from listening We should, we should have listened then Shored Keep from, keep from listening We should, we should have listened then Shored Keep from, keep from listening We should, we should Should have believed them