in my dreams i met a girl somewhere down the river she took me to an ancient house she looked young but also wise something made me shiver she was both dead and alive and i could see the ravens fly in the house of silence far from here distant voices coming out of the air the house of silence sends our tears shadows dancing for a hundred years and they cry i saw her sleep but couldn t hear what the girl was saying and sadness filled the misty night then i tried to hold her back while she was slowly fading bittersweet was her smile and i could see the ravens fly in the house of silence far from here distant voices coming out of the air the house of silence sends our tears shadows dancing for a hundred years and they cry in the house of silence far from here distant voices coming out of the air the house of silence sends our tears shadows dancing for a hundred years in the house of silence far from here distant voices coming out of the air the house of silence sends our tears