Let The Silence Win

Instrumental Intro

Verse 1

Cold dossier on the marble table

I read the name I was never meant to see

A code name etched in wax

Somebody wants me gone by dawn

Marrakesh at midnight

The souk is shuttered tight

Pre-Chorus

So I slip through the alley

Past the kora player's hands

He plucks a warning I understand

Chorus

Don't trust the man who smiles

Don't trust the woman who

cries

Count your exits twice

Then count them again

Don't trust the man who smiles

The truth wears a disguise

I've learned to hold my breath

And let the silence win

Post-Chorus

Mm-hmm mm-hmm

Let the silence win

Mm-hmm mm-hmm

Verse 2

Vienna opera house

A brass quartet on the balcony

She passes me a ticket

Folded like a knife

Her perfume smells of danger

And something like goodbye

Pre-Chorus

So I follow her shadow

Down the spiral stair

Every step a gamble I can't spare

Chorus

Don't trust the man who smiles

Don't trust the woman who cries

Count your exits twice

Then count them again

Don't trust the man who smiles

The truth wears a disguise

I've learned to hold my breath

And let the silence win

Post-Chorus

Mm-hmm mm-hmm

Let the silence win

Mm-hmm mm-hmm

Instrumental Break

Bridge

A passport under three names

A pistol I never fired

A promise I never kept

A city I never left

Tell the handler I'm still here

Tell the handler I'm still here

Still breathing still bleeding

Still here

Chorus

Don't trust the man who smiles

Don't trust the woman who cries

Count your exits twice

Then count them again

Don't trust the man who smiles

The truth wears a disguise

I've learned to hold my breath

And let the silence win

Post-Chorus

Mm-hmm mm-hmm

Let the silence win

Mm-hmm mm-hmm

Chorus

Don't trust the man who smiles

Don't trust the woman who cries

Count your exits twice

Then count them again

I've learned to hold my breath

And let the silence win

Post-Chorus

Mm-hmm mm-hmm

Let the silence win

Mm-hmm mm-hmm

Let the silence win