I've been sitting on a gold mine
Living like a beggar for the whole time
I was running circles for my whole life
When stillness cut right through me like a cold knife
She whispered to me I replied
It's in the stillness I'm alive
Let's leave the shaking for when I'm in my grave
And keep singing to the silence that I ride like a wave
All around the world, city after city
A million different voices but the silence lives within me
Walking around Manhattan and I'm listening to the traffic
I see some people dancing and their movements look like magic
Driving through Miami singing like I won the Grammys
To the song that's on my radio called No One Understands Me
Sitting by my window and I'm getting lost in silence
Within me there's a peacefulness where once was only violence
I whispered to the silence
She replied it's in my stillness you're alive
Let's leave the shaking for when I'm in my grave
And keep singing to the silence that I ride like a wave