About the Song: It's a stalemate of silence between two lovers as their relationship transitions into young adulthood. In short, they're afraid to argue to spoil the peace created when they were teenagers - bottling up their problems until at night when under the influence of alcohol they're struggling to speak at all. It's about finding the courage to break the Quiet War and realising their stupidity: that the most painful way to mature is to be immature about it.
We're soul mates in spring getting-off on the green,
Toying with the future bound by promise rings,
We're the summer of love twisted in sixty nines,
Unaware of the world, unaware of the time
Toying with the future bound by promise rings,
We're the summer of love twisted in sixty nines,
Unaware of the world, unaware of the time
Yet when daylight falls to 3:00am, ruled by eighties synth and bubbles,
To silence, we are condemned, suddenly voiceless of our troubles
To silence, we are condemned, suddenly voiceless of our troubles
[Chorus]
Where have all the hours gone, talking with our eyes bright?
Since when have you or I won our quiet wars at midnight?
We used to laugh, we used to cry, we could put the world to right,
I wonder why they've stuck so long, our quiet wars at midnight
Where have all the hours gone, talking with our eyes bright?
Since when have you or I won our quiet wars at midnight?
We used to laugh, we used to cry, we could put the world to right,
I wonder why they've stuck so long, our quiet wars at midnight
We're a fairy tale romance with a bottle of sin,
Star crossed lovers pressed lips against skin,
We're a poem in Paris by an addict on the Seine,
Beautifying lies I've been brought up to believe
Star crossed lovers pressed lips against skin,
We're a poem in Paris by an addict on the Seine,
Beautifying lies I've been brought up to believe
Yet when daylight falls to 3:00am, ruled by eighties synth and bubbles,
To silence, we are condemned, suddenly voiceless of our troubles
To silence, we are condemned, suddenly voiceless of our troubles
[Chorus]
Where have all the hours gone, talking with our eyes bright?
Since when have you or I won our quiet wars at midnight?
We used to laugh, we used to cry, we could put the world to right,
I wonder why they've stuck so long, our quiet wars at midnight
Where have all the hours gone, talking with our eyes bright?
Since when have you or I won our quiet wars at midnight?
We used to laugh, we used to cry, we could put the world to right,
I wonder why they've stuck so long, our quiet wars at midnight
[Bridge]
Watch the blossom from the river wash away,
Trodden on, forgotten, waiting for another day,
Orion's in the sky why won't you point him out for me?
At eleven, for a second, distracted by astronomy
Watch the blossom from the river wash away,
Trodden on, forgotten, waiting for another day,
Orion's in the sky why won't you point him out for me?
At eleven, for a second, distracted by astronomy
[Chorus]
Where have all the hours gone, talking with our eyes bright?
Since when have you or I won our quiet wars at midnight?
We used to laugh, we used to cry, we could put the world to right,
I wonder why they've stuck so long, our quiet wars at midnight
Where have all the hours gone, talking with our eyes bright?
Since when have you or I won our quiet wars at midnight?
We used to laugh, we used to cry, we could put the world to right,
I wonder why they've stuck so long, our quiet wars at midnight
Where have all the hours gone, talking with our eyes bright?
Since when have you or I won our quiet wars at midnight?
Silent stalemates in the night, rather kiss than have a fight,
I wonder why they've stuck so long, our quiet wars at midnight
Since when have you or I won our quiet wars at midnight?
Silent stalemates in the night, rather kiss than have a fight,
I wonder why they've stuck so long, our quiet wars at midnight
