Silent Treatment
Soul Asylum
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C When the silent treatment gets soG loud it's buzzing in my headC Your lips are moving, tells IG should be somewhere else insteadF C G Ooh, take a chance on today [Chorus]G Am She said she was a mermaidAm G F She said she liked horsesF Am And then the silence finally breaksAm F You took all you could takeF C There's no one thereF So you try to minimize itAm Then you try to compromise itF G No one really, really, really cares [Verse 2]C In the city streets are filledG with sheets of raindrops filled with bileC The silence is so deafening itG somehow makes me smileContinues after the adF C G Ooh, take a chance on tonight [Chorus]G Am But she said she was a mermaidAm G F She said she liked horsesF Am She said she loved unicornsAm G F I'd never bet on the dragonF Am When the silence finally breaksAm F You took all you could takeF C No one caresF And still you try to minimize itAm Then you try to compromise itF No one's really, really, reallyG there [Verse 3]C When the ice melts off the lakeG and it reflects on what is fakeC And you're skating somewhere,G swimming I was losing every raceF C G Ooh, one stolen moment might turn out right [Chorus]G Am She said she was a mermaidAm G F She said she liked horsesF Am Never bet on the unicornAm G F Never bet on the dragonF Am When the silence finally breaksAm F You find out just what's fakeF C There's no one thereF So you try to minimize itAm Then you try to compromise itF Cause no one really, really,G really cares