Fm Fm G#m Fm


[Verse 1]
Fm
Had a girlfriend who hardly spoke
Fm                                 D#
I've still got that note she wrote
D#
In a world where words are poison
  C#           C
We'll be the antidote
Fm
The only reason she chose me
Fm                          D#
Was that she knew I would be
D#
As completely into the idea
    C#                    C
Of total destruction and shame

[Chorus]
Fm
That total silence
G#
Is the most violent thing I've known
C#
A total silence
C#m
That left us all alone
Fm
A vocal violence
G#
Like an assailant in our home
C#
A vocal violence
C#m
That left us both alone

[Verse 2]
Fm
Her soul was clouded in absence
Fm                             D#
A crucifixion without the cross
D#
In all form, shape or essence
C#                   C
She was made out of loss
Fm
Don't mistake this for cowardice
Fm                                 D#
It was no coward I was hanging with
D#
Cause a coward in any definition
C#                C
Means wanting to live

[Chorus]
Fm
That total silence
G#
Is the most violent thing I've known
C#
A total silence
C#m
That left us all alone
Fm
A vocal violence
G#
Like an assailant in our home
C#
A vocal violence
C#m
That left us both alone

[Solo]
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[Verse 3]
Fm
She called her silence self-esteem
Fm                           D#
Yet at night she'd say to me
D#
Where there's words there's not a scream
                 C#               C
Where there's sanity there's no dream
Fm
All secrets are always being told
Fm                              D#
All houses will eventually fold
D#
All babies are born too old
        C#                  C
All is stolen that can be sold

[Chorus]
Fm
That total silence
G#
Is the most violent thing I've known
C#
A total silence
C#m
That left us all alone
Fm
A vocal violence
G#
Like an assailant in our home
C#
A vocal violence
C#m
That left us both alone

[Outro]
Fm
That total silence
G#
That total silence
C#
That total silence
C#m
That total silence