Screams of silence

Lost in time, lost in rhyme

has tomorrow come and gone

A weeping mime commits a crime

and his sorrow marches on

Left behind, color blind

orange sunsets make him blue

He tries to find his missing mind

in a box he can't break through

Every side, trapped inside

viewed by everyone around

Can't run and hide, although he tried

can't scream...he makes no sound

Painted joy, fake decoy

lonely tears roll down his cheeks

Will love destroy this long-lost boy

and the freedom that he seeks

For 'twas love, towards his dove

that finally drove him mad

Just thinking of her high above

and the passion that they had

In his head she's not dead

They're together somehow, some way

She always said to look ahead

not dwell on yesterday

It was she who could see

his problem growing bigger

It was he who then would flee

after he squeezed the trigger

Alcohol made him fall

to the very depths of hell

He lost it all behind that wall

Screams of silence in his cell

Crying slurred, teardrops blurred

the mime drops to one knee

He clenched God's Word, his prayer heard

though shackled, he's finally free