there s a place beyond the sticks and stones past the piles of broken bones it could melt a frozen heart if it needs to be so it s the place to cut the weeds and wires and dodge the thorns and quills it s the place divides divide where the rivers stand still it is time to weather stormy seas and suck the venom clear we could clean the poison veins and while we are here we could shake the buzzards off our tails and keep the snakes at bay hear the sirens fade and the thunder rumble away hear the sirens fade and the thunder rumble away it s the place tectonic plates will pass each other not to touch that s the sound of the new silent life it s the place where all divides divide and the rivers all stand still that s the sound of the new silent life that s the sound of the new silent life that s the sound of the new silent life that s the sound of the new silent life that s the sound of the new silent life