[Chorus]

Keep it down, keep it down

Better never make a sound

Let every thought echo echo around

You gotta keep it all inside til the day you die

Cause they don’t deserve to know what’s in your mind, so

Keep it down, keep it down

Better pray I don’t drown

The chaos of the storm’s got me overboard now

So I’ll keep it to a hush, keep it to a dull roar

Now it’s quiet hours every time I step on the floor

[Verse 1]

Honestly I’d like to scream a little bit

But I don’t wanna wake the kids

Do I know who the savior is? It’s dangerous

To have a blabber-mouth, so zip it tight

Throw away the key, that’s right

It’s not hard to draw the line, nah

Go for four in a row, don’t know if I wanna grow

It’s hard to say, hard to know, the dissonance ain’t a joke

Am I a friend of a foe? A villain or a hero?

Will I relapse? Or take a knee like Tebow?

No

That’s a throwback, but you probably shouldn’t know that

I'm sorry, it just slipped my mind like jackets on a coat rack

I know that that was so bad, apologies, I’ll own that

Not growing for applause, but I wouldn’t mind a slow clap

But what’s the difference, no one listens, you’re just tripping, it’s ridiculous

Toss the vision, no one gets it, wouldn’t miss it

You’re permitted to quiet down and then never speak again

Cause it’s quiet hours, don’t you see, my friend? You don’t need a pen

[Chorus]

Keep it down, keep it down

Better never make a sound

Let every thought echo echo around

You gotta keep it all inside til the day you die

Cause they don’t deserve to know what’s in your mind, so

Keep it down, keep it down

Better pray I don’t drown

The chaos of the storm’s got me overboard now

So I’ll keep it to a hush, keep it to a dull roar

Now it’s quiet hours every time I step on the floor

[Verse 2]

All these thoughts and emotions, going in loop-the-loops

But when I try to write’em down, it’s like “whoop-di-do

What’s the big deal? just another 4 being dramatic"

I’ve had it with capping, so let’s wrap this up

I been given a chance, don’t wanna pass it up

Bad at love, maybe that’s an understatement

Tragic, huh?

Have you had enough?

Of course if I say no, then I’m an addict, huh?

And so I'm average, huh?

Well

That used be a nightmare, but now it’s just a slight scare

I said “gimme me five more minutes and I will not fight fair”

But that was three years ago, and we’re still trading blows

So I don’t know if I can stay awake and on my toes

So I’mmina quiet down, and settle the riot now

And take a look at my life, and maybe light it on fire now

I’ll reach for the stars, and pull my roots out of town

And then go pound for pound in the city with a crown, yeah

[Chorus]

Keep it down, keep it down

Better never make a sound

Let every thought echo echo around

You gotta keep it all inside til the day you die

Cause they don’t deserve to know what’s in your mind, so

Keep it down, keep it down

Better pray I don’t drown

The chaos of the storm’s got me overboard now

So I’ll keep it to a hush, keep it to a dull roar

Now it’s quiet hours every time I step on the floor