Silence Is Paul Heaton + Jacqui Abbott

[Verse 1]
When you're staring a few inches from the wall
And you're watching simple spider begin its crawl
It's just a single thread he spins that' has to break his fall
And silence is the slowest dance of all

From the greenkeeper's 'Good morning' to the birds (To the birds)
To the father at the funeral, stuck for words (Stuck for words)
There's a part of us that's confident, then a padded-out two thirds
Where silence is the slowest song of all

[Chorus]
Silence is the cancer that wakes us in the morn
Turns our every sentence into weak-kneed and withdrawn
We wish to speak with everyone
But wish we'd not been born

Silence is the deadly dance
The reason spiders take that chance
Spin that web for flies and ants
Silence is the greatest dance of all

[Verse 2]
From the noise of New York traffic to Nepal
From Hindu-Buddhist peace to barroom brawl
From the CEO of supermarket to the wide boy on the stall
Silence is the waltz that grabs us all