Radical Face - The Mute lyrics

Well, as a child I mostly
Spoke inside my head
I had conversations with the
Clouds, the dogs
The dead
And they thought me broken
That my tongue was coated lead
But I just couldn't make my
Words make sense to them
If you only listen with your
Ears i can't get in

And I spent my evenings pullin'
Stars out of the sky
And I'd arrange them on the
Lawn where I would lie
And in the wind I'd taste
The dreams of distant lives
And I would dress myself up
In them through the night
While my folks would sleep in
Separate beds and wonder why

And through them days I was
A ghost atop my chair
My dad considered me a cross he had to bear
And in my head I'd sing apologies and stare
As my mom would hang the
Clothes across the line
And she would try to keep
The empty from her eyes

So, then one afternoon I dressed myself alone
I packed my pillowcase with
Everything I owned
And in my head I said "goodbye
" then I was gone
And I set out on the heels of the unknown
So my folks could have a
New life of their own
And then maybe I could find someone
Who could hear the only words that I'd known