Billy Joel Code Of Silence Lyrics

Code Of Silence Lyrics

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