♪ So still, that everyone knew That this is forever Forever and a life And it was so still That everyone of us knew There is no word for this That can ever describe the feeling So still, that all clocks are silent Yes, the time came to lie down So still and so lost, it went on ♪ So still and so lost, it went on ♪ I've heard so much And yet it never comes to me That's the reason why I can't sleep at night When I write a thousand songs of missing Does that not mean that I understand Why this feeling stays forever ♪ So loud, the hours after the sunrise When it was necessary to grasp and understand everything And it was so loud That everything we thought nothing As emptiness brought to us So loud and so lost it was here As silence lived with us instead of you ♪ I've heard so much And yet it never comes to me That's the reason why I can't sleep at night When I write a thousand songs of missing Does that not mean that I understand Why this feeling stays forever ♪ So still, although I miss you every day And wherever you are right now You show me that silence has now become a friend ♪ I've heard so much And yet it never comes to me That's the reason why I can't sleep at night When I write a thousand songs of missing Does that not mean that I understand Does that not mean that I understand ♪ I've heard so much And yet it never comes to me That's the reason why I can't sleep at night When I write a thousand songs of missing Does that not mean that I understand Why this feeling stays forever ♪