Everybody`s got a million questions
Everybody wants to know the score
What you went through
It`s something you
Should be over now
Everybody wants to hear the secrets
That you never told a soul before
And it`s not that strange
Because it wouldn`t change
what happened anyhow
But you swore to yourself a long time ago
There were some things that people never needed to know
Guess there`s one that you keep
That you bury so deep
No one can tear it out
And you can`t talk about it
Because you`re following a code of silence
You`re never gonna to lose the anger
You just deal with it a different way
And you can`t talk about it
And isn`t that a kind of madness
To be living by a code of silence
When you`ve really got a lot to say
You don`t want to lose a friendship
There`s nothing that you have to hide
And a little dirt
Couldn`t hurt no one anyway
And you still have a rage inside you
That you carry with a certain pride
In the only part of the broken heart
That you could ever save
But you`ve been through it once
You know how it ends
You don`t see the point
Of going through it again
And this ain`t the place
And this ain`t the time
And neither`s any other day
So you can`t talk about it
Because you`re following a code of silence
You`re never gonna to lose the anger
You just deal with it a different way
So you can`t talk about it
And isn`t that a kind of madness
To be living by a code of silence
When you`ve really got a lot to say
I know you well enough to tell you`ve got your reasons
That`s not the kind of code you`re inclined to break
Some things unknown are best left alone forever
And if a vow is what it takes
Haven`t you paid for your mistakes
After the moment passes
And the impulse disappears
You can still hold back
Because you don`t crack very easily
It`s a time honored resolution
Because the danger is always near
It`s with you now
But that ain`t how it was supposed to be
And it`s hard to believe after all these years
That it still gives you pain and it still brings tears
And you feel like a fool
Because it`s part of your rules
You`ve got a memory
But you can`t talk about it
Because you`re following a code of silence
You`re never gonna to lose the anger
You just deal with it a different way
But you can`t talk about it
And isn`t that a kind of madness
To be living by a code of silence
When you`ve really got a lot to say
