《Two Sides Of Silence》歌词

[00:00:00] Two Sides Of Silence (口白) - Linton Kwesi Johnson

[00:00:00] Written by：Linton Kwesi Johnson

[00:00:00] To us

[00:00:01] Who were of necessary birth

[00:00:05] For the earths hard and thankless toil

[00:00:10] Silence has no meaning

[00:00:13] There is never a feeling of tranquility

[00:00:17] Or mere quietness

[00:00:20] Never a moment of soundless calm

[00:00:24] From within or without our troubled selves

[00:00:28] How can the clamor of sounds be stilled

[00:00:32] There is no void where noises can collect and made mute

[00:00:37] Pure silent space

[00:00:40] How indeed

[00:00:41] Can there be silence

[00:00:43] When our hearts beat out a sonorous beat

[00:00:47] Meeting the beating drums of an african past

[00:00:51] When our eyes shed solid tears of iron blood

[00:00:56] That falls on concrete ground

[00:01:00] Inside our ears are the many wailing cries of misery

[00:01:05] Inside our bodies the internal bleeding of volcanoes

[00:01:10] Inside our heads

[00:01:13] Wrapped in thoughts of rebellion

[00:01:16] How can there be calm

[00:01:19] When the storm is yet to come

[00:01:25] This unending silence

[00:01:28] Taut impervious unbending

[00:01:32] Not lending an ear to the most delicate sounds

[00:01:38] Awaits the blast of bombs

[00:01:41] Which man will explode

[00:01:43] To break this silent bond

[00:01:46] Returment there fate

[00:01:48] To the use to create

[00:01:50] Hills of soft obedience

[00:01:53] Where sweet clothed sounds can rebound

[00:01:57] And their echoes glide

[00:02:00] Like a carefree bird

[00:02:02] In rhythmic calm

[00:02:04] To a mellow

[00:02:06] Pure silent space