[INTRO]
[Gm] [Ab] [Gm] [Ab]
[VERSE 1]
[Gm]Have you ever wondered, well I have.
About how when I[Ab] say, say red, for example.
There's no way o[Gm]f knowing if red means the same thing in your head
[Ab]As red means in my head. When someone says red
[Gm]And how if we are travelling at, almost the speed of light,[Ab] and we're holding a light
That light will still[Gm] travel away from us
At the full speed of [Ab]light, which seems right in a way
What I'm trying to sa[Cm]y, I'm not sure
But I wonder if inside my[A] head
I'm not just a bit different from some of my [Bb]friends
These answers that c[G]ome into my mind unbi[C]dden
These stories de[A]livered to me fully w[Dm]ritten!
And when everyone shouts like they seem to like [Eb]shouting
The noise in my head is incredibly [Dm]loud!
And I just wish they'd stop, my Dad and my [Eb]Mum.
And the telly and stories would stop just for [C]once!
And I'm sorry, I'm not quite explaining it [Em]right.
But this noise becomes anger and the anger is [Db]light
And its burning inside me would usually [Fm]fade, but it isn't today!
And the heat and the [Db]shouting, and my heart is pounding,
And my eyes are [Eb]burning, and suddenly everything, everything is...
[CHORUS]
[F]Quiet [Am]
Like silence, but not really si[F]lent. [Gm]
Just that still sort of [Bb]quiet.
Like the sound of a pag[F]e being t[Am]urned in a book.[Bb]
Or a pau[Dm]se in a [Am7]walk in the wood[Bb]s.
[F]Quiet [Am]
Like silence, but not really sil[F]ent. [Gm]
Just that nice kind of q[Bb]uiet.
Like the sound when you [F]lie upsi[Am]de down in your [Bb]bed.
Just the[Dm] sound of your h[Am7]eart in your hea[Bb]d.
(pause)
And though the p[Bb]eople around me.
Their mouths are still[Bbm] moving. [A7]
The words they are formi[Eb]ng, [Gm] [Bb]
Cannot reach me anymore![C] [C7]
And it i[F]s quiet.
And I am[Am] warm.
Like I've s[Dm]ailed. [Am7] [Bb]
[F] [Am] [Bb]Into the eye of the storm.
[Dm] [Am7] [Bb]
[Gm] [Ab] [Gm] [Ab]
[VERSE 1]
[Gm]Have you ever wondered, well I have.
About how when I[Ab] say, say red, for example.
There's no way o[Gm]f knowing if red means the same thing in your head
[Ab]As red means in my head. When someone says red
[Gm]And how if we are travelling at, almost the speed of light,[Ab] and we're holding a light
That light will still[Gm] travel away from us
At the full speed of [Ab]light, which seems right in a way
What I'm trying to sa[Cm]y, I'm not sure
But I wonder if inside my[A] head
I'm not just a bit different from some of my [Bb]friends
These answers that c[G]ome into my mind unbi[C]dden
These stories de[A]livered to me fully w[Dm]ritten!
And when everyone shouts like they seem to like [Eb]shouting
The noise in my head is incredibly [Dm]loud!
And I just wish they'd stop, my Dad and my [Eb]Mum.
And the telly and stories would stop just for [C]once!
And I'm sorry, I'm not quite explaining it [Em]right.
But this noise becomes anger and the anger is [Db]light
And its burning inside me would usually [Fm]fade, but it isn't today!
And the heat and the [Db]shouting, and my heart is pounding,
And my eyes are [Eb]burning, and suddenly everything, everything is...
[CHORUS]
[F]Quiet [Am]
Like silence, but not really si[F]lent. [Gm]
Just that still sort of [Bb]quiet.
Like the sound of a pag[F]e being t[Am]urned in a book.[Bb]
Or a pau[Dm]se in a [Am7]walk in the wood[Bb]s.
[F]Quiet [Am]
Like silence, but not really sil[F]ent. [Gm]
Just that nice kind of q[Bb]uiet.
Like the sound when you [F]lie upsi[Am]de down in your [Bb]bed.
Just the[Dm] sound of your h[Am7]eart in your hea[Bb]d.
(pause)
And though the p[Bb]eople around me.
Their mouths are still[Bbm] moving. [A7]
The words they are formi[Eb]ng, [Gm] [Bb]
Cannot reach me anymore![C] [C7]
And it i[F]s quiet.
And I am[Am] warm.
Like I've s[Dm]ailed. [Am7] [Bb]
[F] [Am] [Bb]Into the eye of the storm.
[Dm] [Am7] [Bb]
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