- When I Go Quiet (Alt 1)

Intro The loud ones talk. The quiet ones arrive.

Verse 1 I used to fill a room with noise Every threat I made, I gave it a voice Then they lowered her down at marker nine Ain't wasted a word since that time

Pre-Chorus So don't read my calm as kind It's a hammer half-cocked behind

Chorus When I go quiet, you better run No warnings left, I gave 'em all out When the shouting stops is when it's begun Still water's where you drown

Verse 2 He shook the judge's hand and grinned Drove the same road he killed her in Still orders his beer, still sleeps at night And I just watch from the edge of the light

Pre-Chorus So don't read my calm as kind It's a hammer half-cocked behind

Chorus When I go quiet, you better run No warnings left, I gave 'em all out When the shouting stops is when it's begun Still water's where you drown

Bridge They think the storm's the part that's loud It ain't — it's the hush before the cloud I buried all my mercy at marker nine Next man's grave gets drawn on the same line When I go quiet, you better run No warnings left, I gave 'em all out When the shouting stops is when it's begun Still water's where you drown

Outro The loud ones talk. The quiet ones arrive.

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