everybody

A Holzkopf Production Style: minimalist electronic Lyrics: Everybody fails the question Meno’s boy had solved Everybody keeps a Babel in the words meant to mend Everybody says “I’m fine” a fraction late to hide Everybody knows that pause has answered something first Everybody trembles where the skin goes thin Everybody listens for a hint from within Everybody carries some unspoken strain We don’t have to name it We can find each other there Everybody wants to be the one who isn’t first Everybody waits for someone who will find the backyard Everybody fears the knock they’ve waited years to hear Everybody keeps some truth too fragile to appear I knew you by the way you paused before you said “I’m fine” As if a thousand silent rooms had opened in our minds No words passed between us No secret sign was shown But we met inside the givens we had each called our own Everybody trembles where the skin goes thin Everybody listens for a hint from within Everybody carries some unspoken strain We don’t have to name it We can find each other there We make a world from maybes from guesses that come true I lean into the thought that something in me lives in you And when your eyes fell gray I knew what not to say Some roads appear between us when neither leads the way Everybody trembles where the skin goes thin Everybody listens for a hint from within Everybody carries some unspoken word We don’t have to name it We can find each other there Everybody reaches through the Babel somehow Everybody asks for mercy though they don’t know how Everybody carries more than they can bear We don’t have to name it We can find each other there Everybody… Everybody… Everybody thinks they tremble all alone Everybody… Everybody… Until another silence answers like their own.