This Scene I'm Seeing Nightly

After laughter there was awkward silence
 We needed one more round to make headway
 Taking off our sober faces
 Find much less somber things to say
 After plastered, pounding fists with laughter
 Disasterous if we should lose our nerve
 Closing open mouths, they're so unsightly
 When they're not speaking finer words
 And it's alright by me if you prefer being quiet
 I'm quite content watching the lashes dance above your eyelids
 It's hard to take things in when you're engulfed in endless noise
 I'm overjoyed to see the beauty I was blind to when I still my voice
 After laughter, two cars driving onward
 And outward where they will soon divide
 This shell that I return to
 Isn't nearly where my faithful heart resides
 After silence, I slip into the evening
 I-10 should take me right back home to you
 This scene I'm seeing nightly
 Half-tempted to go, but oh, I never do
 And it's alright with me as I lay in the quiet
 I'm quite content with dreaming
 There's no way I can deny it
 It's hard to take things in when you're engulfed in endless noise
 I'm overjoyed to see the beauty I was blind to when I still my voice