Quiet as the Dead

We tried slashing strangers' tires
 We tried ending good romances
 Spouted blasphemy to get a rise
 Yeah, we crashed a thousand dances
 'Cause nobody warned us
 Nobody warned us, though they knew
 Every grownup that you trusted lied to you
 They were quiet as the dead when it happened to them
 Quiet as the dead, they may as well have been
 So we tell ourselves we'll raise hell instead
 That we'll scream and scream, but it's still quiet as the dead
 And I've walked with all my friends
 Through the graveyards where we laughed
 But now I read between the lines of every epitaph
 'Cause nobody warned them
 Nobody warned them and now the disease
 Fades into view in the heavenly blue
 In the face of every screen
 They were quiet as the dead when it happened to them
 Quiet as the dead, they may as well have been
 So we tell ourselves we'll raise hell instead
 We'll scream and scream, but we're still quiet as the dead
 And the filthiest pages of the godliest books
 Could all spring to life, but you remain unshook
 Down in the burning jungle, the zoo of the young
 Nobody warned you, nobody warned you, nobody warned you
 What would it have done?
 You were quiet as the dead when it happened to them
 Quiet as the dead, they may as well have been
 So we tell ourselves we'll raise hell instead
 We'll scream and scream, but we're still quiet as the dead
 You were quiet as the dead when it happened to them
 Quiet as the dead, they may as well have been
 So we tell ourselves we'll raise hell instead
 We'll scream and scream, but we're still quiet as the dead
 We'll scream and scream, but we're still quiet as the dead