The Silent Tax (Live) lyrics

There's a silent tax on the spirit, you know (Silent tax on the spirit) A heavy toll for the places I let you go You mistake the quiet for a bottomless well A story where I never had a version to tell (Never had a version to tell) But shadows lengthen when the lights stay low And some debts are things you were never meant to owe Now you look at me like I'm a stranger you met Wondering how the Sun managed to set You call it a change, call it a shift in the wind But it's just the clearing of the air that I'm living in I didn't change at all I just stopped paying the cost For a peace I should have kept For a boundary I lost Yeah, for a boundary I lost You took the long silence for a permanent stay (For a permanent stay) Like the bridge would never crumble or give way No cap on the credit, no limit on the fee You kept demanding things I didn't even concede (Didn't even concede) Now the room is finally cooling down But you're still waiting for a smile through the frown Now you look at me like I'm a stranger you met Wondering how the Sun managed to set You call it a change, call it a shift in the wind But it's just the clearing of the air that I'm living in I didn't change at all I just stopped paying the cost For a peace I should have kept For a boundary I lost Peace I should have kept In the memoirs of Cláudio Fontenelle I'm not a new man, just an old truth No more wasting the evidence of my youth You mistake the border for a brand new wall But the wall was built when I was standing tall I didn't change, no I just stopped lying to the mirror Like I'm a stranger you met Wondering how the Sun managed to set You call it a change, call it a shift in the wind But it's just the clearing of the air that I'm living in I didn't change at all I just stopped paying the cost For a peace I should have kept For a boundary I lost No, I didn't change I just woke up to the quiet (Didn't change at all) Didn't change at all Didn't change at all