The Silent Tax (Live)
Cláudio Fontenelle
There's a silent tax on the spirit, you know
(Silent tax on the spirit)
A heavy toll for the places I let you go
You mistake the quiet for a bottomless well
A story where I never had a version to tell
(Never had a version to tell)
But shadows lengthen when the lights stay low
And some debts are things you were never meant to owe
Now you look at me like I'm a stranger you met
Wondering how the Sun managed to set
You call it a change, call it a shift in the wind
But it's just the clearing of the air that I'm living in
I didn't change at all
I just stopped paying the cost
For a peace I should have kept
For a boundary I lost
Yeah, for a boundary I lost
You took the long silence for a permanent stay
(For a permanent stay)
Like the bridge would never crumble or give way
No cap on the credit, no limit on the fee
You kept demanding things I didn't even concede
(Didn't even concede)
Now the room is finally cooling down
But you're still waiting for a smile through the frown
Now you look at me like I'm a stranger you met
Wondering how the Sun managed to set
You call it a change, call it a shift in the wind
But it's just the clearing of the air that I'm living in
I didn't change at all
I just stopped paying the cost
For a peace I should have kept
For a boundary I lost
Peace I should have kept
In the memoirs of Cláudio Fontenelle
I'm not a new man, just an old truth
No more wasting the evidence of my youth
You mistake the border for a brand new wall
But the wall was built when I was standing tall
I didn't change, no
I just stopped lying to the mirror
Like I'm a stranger you met
Wondering how the Sun managed to set
You call it a change, call it a shift in the wind
But it's just the clearing of the air that I'm living in
I didn't change at all
I just stopped paying the cost
For a peace I should have kept
For a boundary I lost
No, I didn't change
I just woke up to the quiet
(Didn't change at all)
Didn't change at all
Didn't change at all