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
  Because 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
  Because 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
  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
  Because 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
  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
    After the moment passes
  And the impulse disappears
  You can still hold back
  Because you don't crack very easily
    It's a time honored resolution
  Because the danger is always near
  It's with you now
  But that ain't how it was supposed to be
    And it's hard to believe after all these years
  That it still gives you pain and it still brings tears
  And you feel like a fool
  Because it's part of your rules
  You've got a memory
    But you can't talk about it
  Because you're following a code of silence
  You're never gonna to lose the anger
  You just deal with it a different way
    But you can't talk about it
  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