Silence

Silence is a song from singer-songwriter Wesley Evans. The song was released on January 4th, 2019; alongside the release of Evans' single Change the Locks. Despite being release with Change the Locks, Silence will not be included on Evans' upcoming album Satisfied.

Background
Despite being released at the same time, Silence was not originally written for Satisfied. Evans stated that Silence is a song that was written for, and scrapped from, one of his future projects.

Composition
Silence is an electropop song that deals with fighting to not listen to the voices in your head. The song is written in the key of D minor at 97 beats per minute, and lasts for 3 minutes and 41 seconds. The song follows the chord progressions: C-G-am; C-am-C-am-C-G; am-dm-G-dm-G-dm. The song contains drums and an electronic, EDM bass. The song ends with a sudden volume drop, and several seconds of silence.

Lyrics
Did you hear that

or am I just hearing things

non-stop chitchat

is taking over my thoughts

Oooooo

Shut it up

Oooooo

Shut it up

But

I can’t take the silence

I don’t know what I’ll hear

Is this even living

If I’m living in fear

The voices in my head

don’t know when to quit

I can’t focus

all these thoughts overwhelm me

they’re like roses

they seem innocent at first

Oooooo

Shut it up

Oooooo

Shut it up

But

I can’t take the silence

I don’t know what I’ll hear

Is this even living

If I’m living in fear

The voices in my head

don’t know when to quit

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