Travelling Alone

Australian man, Scandinavian town

Kicking stones around the square

He sat for a while, forced out a smile

As if someone would care

Said I’m a long way from the gold coast

Furthest I’ve ever known

oh This just ain’t my home.

It was my wife’s idea

but she’s no longer here

She left me travelling alone

Oh I never heard silence

Ring out like a bell

I never heard silence

like last night in my expensive hotel

well I’m loving a shadow,

trying to catch the rain

I never heard silence,

till I heard it today.

she walked out of the hotel

I could still smell the smoke,

of a burning heart left inside

She said men are all assholes

and life’s a bad joke

She laughed and started to cry

see 10 years with this man

and a life time of plans

oh I know I loved him to his bones

but now I’ve lines on my skin

and he’s traded me in

Left me travelling alone

Oh I’ve never heard silence

It hit me like a train

I’ve never felt silence

Like my blood courses through my vein

Oh I’m loving a shadow

and I’m trying to catch the rain

I never heard silence

Like I heard it today

I never felt silence

till I felt it today