We'll keep on talking this out   But I've already made up your mind   I've been trying to gnaw through my tongue   To stop from confessing my crimes   And this conversation is wearing me down   What did my patience prove   If it's just another bed of nails?      Always the silent treatment   Always the easy way out alive      If there's no further questions   I'll be on my way back home      Well it's just another sharp pain   And it doesn't hurt like it used to   When I was a desperate man   When I still believed in the meaning of the word      Always the silent treatment   Always the easy way out alive      If there's no further questions   I'll be on my way back home      If you invite me down   (Invite)   If it'll please the crowd   And I only go through this for your amusement   But it doesn't hurt like it should   When you're throwing your stones around   (Throwing your stones around)   I'm alone trying to sleep it off   (I am so alone)   But it's hard not to shake at the sound of it breaking   When you're living in a house of mirrors   Reflecting all of my failures   I will concede to my replacement   Congratulations   It's over and over and over again   It's over and over and over again      Always the silent treatment   Always the stubborn child   I kept my mouth shut tight   I kept my mouth shut tight   Always the one that got away   Always the silent treatment   I only have myself to blame   I'm always apologizing   Always the silent treatment   Always the bed of nails   I only have myself to blame   I only have myself to blame   Always the silent treatment   Always the stubborn child