Everybodys got a million questions
Everybody wants to know the score
What you went through
Its something you
Should be over now

Everybody wants to hear the secrets
That you never told a soul before
And its not that strange
Because it wouldnt change
What happened anyhow

But you swore to yourself a long time ago
There were some things that people never needed to know
Guess theres one that you keep
That you bury so deep
No one can tear it out

And you cant talk about it
Because youre following a code of silence
Youre never gonna to lose the anger
You just deal with it a different way

And you cant talk about it
And isnt that a kind of madness
To be living by a code of silence
When youve really got a lot to say

You dont want to lose a friendship
Theres nothing that you have to hide
And a little dirt
Couldnt hurt no one anyway

And you still have a rage inside you
That you carry with a certain pride
In the only part of the broken heart
That you could ever save

But youve been through it once
You know how it ends
You dont see the point
Of going through it again
And this aint the place
And this aint the time
And neithers any other day

So you cant talk about it
Because youre following a code of silence
Youre never gonna to lose the anger
You just deal with it a different way

So you cant talk about it
And isnt that a kind of madness
To be living by a code of silence
When youve really got a lot to say

I know you well enough to tell youve got your reasons
Thats not the kind of code youre inclined to break
Some things unknown are best left alone forever
And if a vow is what it takes
Havent you paid for your mistakes

After the moment passes
And the impulse disappears
You can still hold back
Because you dont crack very easily

Its a time honored resolution
Because the danger is always near
Its with you now
But that aint how it was supposed to be

And its hard to believe after all these years
That it still gives you pain and it still brings tears
And you feel like a fool
Because its part of your rules
Youve got a memory

But you cant talk about it
Because youre following a code of silence
Youre never gonna to lose the anger
You just deal with it a different way

But you cant talk about it
And isnt that a kind of madness
To be living by a code of silence
When youve really got a lot to say