John Grant

Vietnam Lyrics



(Verse)

Just say that I'm the man under

Is understatement at its worst

I was completely incapacitated

By your southern charm

It hit me like an ancient gipsy curse

But this instrument used was such precision

It's like a concrete wall

A thousand meters tall

And I'm trying to climb the dicy walls a million times

But I simply cannot find inside of me

The requisite press on



(Chorus)

Your silence is a weapon

It's like a nuclear bomb

It's like the Agent Orange they used

To use in Vietnam

It's a company by an apathy

It's deafening through the years

You know it is complete and perfect

And you wield it without fears



(Verse)

It isn't complicated you just don't care

You attack me by not saying anything

You say that you don't bring your anger to me

But it poisons every fiber of your being

Now you started something that you cannot finish

And left us standing in the wreckage of my own

And the one thing that brings me in the comfort

Is the knowledge is that no matter who you're with

You'll always be alone



(Chorus) x2

Your silence is a weapon

It's like a nuclear bomb

It's like the Agent Orange they used

To use in Vietnam

It's a company by an apathy

It's deafening through the years

You know it is complete and perfect

And you wield it without fears