Code of Silence (feat. Cyndi Lauper)

Everybody's got a million questions
 Everybody wants to know the score
 What you went through, it's something you
 Should be over now
 Everybody wants to hear the secrets
 That you never told a soul before
 And it's not that strange 'cause it wouldn't change
 What happened anyhow
 But you swore to yourself a long time ago
 There were some things that people never needed to know
 Guess there's one that you keep, that you bury so deep
 No one can tear it out
 And you can't talk about it
 'Cause you're following a code of silence
 You're never gonna to lose the anger
 You just deal with it a different way
 And you can't talk about it (no, you can't talk)
 And isn't that a kind of madness
 To be living by a code of silence
 When you've really got a lot to say?
 You don't want to lose a friendship
 There's nothing that you have to hide
 And a little dirt couldn't hurt
 No one anyway
 And you still have a rage inside you
 That you carry with a certain pride
 In the only part of the broken heart
 That you could ever save
 But you've been through it once, you know how it ends
 You don't see the point of going through it again
 And this ain't the place, and this ain't the time
 And neither's any other day
 So you can't talk about it
 'Cause you're following a code of silence
 You're never gonna to lose the anger
 You just deal with it a different way
 So you can't talk about it (no, you can't talk)
 And isn't that a kind of madness
 To be living by a code of silence
 When you've really got a lot to say?
 I know you well enough to tell you've got your reasons
 That's not the kind of code you're inclined to break
 Some things unknown are best left alone forever
 And if a vow is what it takes
 Haven't you paid for your mistakes?
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 After the moment passes
 And the impulse disappears
 You can still hold back
 'Cause you don't crack very easily
 It's a time honored resolution
 'Cause the danger is always near
 It's with you now
 But that ain't how it was supposed to be (never, never, no)
 And it's hard to believe after all these years
 Still gives you pain and it still brings tears
 And you feel like a fool 'cause in spite of your rules
 You've got a memory
 But you can't talk about it
 'Cause you're following a code of silence
 You're never gonna lose the anger
 You just deal with it a different way
 But you can't talk about it (no, you can't talk)
 And isn't that a kind of madness
 To be living by a code of silence
 When you've really got a lot to say?
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 You could never
 Really, really, really, really, really, really never
 Really, really, really never
 Really, really, really, really, really, really never
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