"Stay Still" lyrics
(from "Salvable" soundtrack)
The old man of the sea never told me I would be like you
With my future and my past both slashing at my back, who knew
Well my mother and my father and my sister and my brother that's who
Will I escape from the mouth of the north and the south and spew my truth
Stay still like a sleeper in the sand
Stay silent like the dead pipe band
Stay wrapped up like a fist
In the madness of the murky mist
Stay still like a shotgun shell
In the gravel where your childhood spell
Went clicking with the horses hooves
Through the shadows of the dimly lit rooms
Stay still
There's signals in the chimney smoke
Life lessons in a dirty joke
Hear wisdom from the factory folk
There's healing in a freezing soak
In the sea, see, see
Stay still like a sleeper in the sand
Stay silent like the violent land
Made angry by the poisoned page
Now they tell us to bottle up our rage
Stay still like a sleeper in the sand
Stay silent like the dead pipe band
Made redundant by a techno craze
Now they tell us to bottle up our rage and stay still
With my future and my past both slashing at my back, who knew
Well my mother and my father and my sister and my brother that's who
Will I escape from the mouth of the north and the south and spew my truth
Stay still like a sleeper in the sand
Stay silent like the dead pipe band
Stay wrapped up like a fist
In the madness of the murky mist
Stay still like a shotgun shell
In the gravel where your childhood spell
Went clicking with the horses hooves
Through the shadows of the dimly lit rooms
Stay still
There's signals in the chimney smoke
Life lessons in a dirty joke
Hear wisdom from the factory folk
There's healing in a freezing soak
In the sea, see, see
Stay still like a sleeper in the sand
Stay silent like the violent land
Made angry by the poisoned page
Now they tell us to bottle up our rage
Stay still like a sleeper in the sand
Stay silent like the dead pipe band
Made redundant by a techno craze
Now they tell us to bottle up our rage and stay still
