(lyrics are written by Kristina Ellison)

We'll keep on talking this out
but I've already made up your mind
I've been trying to trying to gnaw through my tongue
to stop from confessing my crimes
and this conversation is wearing me down
what did my patience prove?
if its just another bed of nails

always the silent treatment
always the easy way out alive

if theres no further questions ill be on my way back home
now its just another sharp pain
and it doesn't hurt like it used to
when i was a desperate man when i still believed in the meaning of the word

always the silent treatment
always the easy way out alive

if theres no further questions, it'll be on my way back home
if you invite me down
if it'll please the crowd
and i'll only go through this
for your amusement
but it doesn't hurt like it should when your throwing your stones around
(throwing your stones around)
now I'm alone
(I am so alone)
trying to sleep it off
(but its hard not to shake at the sound of it breaking
when your living in a house of mirrors
reflecting all of my failure
i will concede to my replacement, congratulations)

its over it's over it's over, again [x2]

always the silent treatment
always the stubborn child
i kept my mouth shut tight
i kept my mouth shut tight
always the one that got away
always the silent treatment
i only have myself to blame
always apologizing
always the silent treatment
always the pair of nails
i only have myself to blame
i only have myself to blame
always the the silent treatment
aways the stubborn child
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Thanks to (Kristina E.) for correcting these lyrics. May 31, 2008