The Void from Which No Sound Escapes

Away from here
No sound to hear
All of this work
I want you to remain here
I tear out my being
I feed it to my children
All of this work
I want you to remain here
No escape
This void keeps gripping tighter
Should I let it stay
It might just swallow me whole
Running away, running away
I want you to remain
I tear out my being
And feed it to my children
It keeps them sick with poison
Addicted to these noises
Not a single sound
Escapes this void which cannot be found
Speak louder so this voice will carry
Speak now before we get too carried away
What did you expect to hear?
A voice so loud and so clear
Breathing in and out a sigh
Of sweet relief tonight
What did you expect to be?
But a cynical man just like me
Drifting in and out of life
Like curious moonlight
When the fires fade
And the river's dry
When you speak my name
Like a weighted sigh
Why don't you hear the whisper in the void
That we made real today
Not a single sound
Escapes this void which cannot be found
Speak louder so this voice will carry
Speak now before we all get carried away
When the fires fade
And the rivers dry
When you speak my name
Just to say goodbye
I'm what you fear
A whisper in the void
With no escape, no escape
When the fires fade
And the rivers dry
When you speak my name
Like a weighted sigh
Why don't you hear
The whisper in the void
That we made real today