Available on the original and 1992 and 2015 reissues of ‘The First Flower’ and the Complete Works box set.
Silent words fall on deafened ears
Final worries became our fears
Watch the man hold the bottle high
Watch his life go running by and by
In silence
The clicking camera misses a frame
The fallen warrior is never seen again
His battle-scarred face tells it all
Society’s outcast stripped of life’s reward
In silence
Watch them fall
Watch them cry
Watch the old man lay down and die
Die
Penance paid with our loose change
Conscience clean no more hidden shame
Daunting stare shows the pain
But no-one’s caring to ever look again
In silence
Watch them fall
Watch them cry
Watch the old man lay down and die
Die
