Smoke And Sirens
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They say its the silence that gets you. When you step off a stage or when you're alone.
I say it's the silence in your head, the deafening quiet that only comes with the absence of sound.
The one that can hit anytime, in a room full of people or alone. The one where your head stops turning, stops screaming and the colors fade till all you're left with is gray.
Or maybe that's all there ever was.
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