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“Fill the silence with your music. Fill it today to tell our story. Tell the truth about the war on your social networks, on TV, support us in any way you can any, but not silence. And then peace will come to all our cities.” Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Like so many of us who’ve been watching the tragedy in Ukraine, I felt hopeless, ‘How could I help’ - so I listened to everyday Ukrainians that were interviewed, and I decided to write this song with their conversations in mind. One conversation that hit hard was with a 90 year old woman who said, “It was in the silence, the waiting, the calm before the chaos I couldn’t stand.” That would become the genesis of this song. At the end I chose the first section of the Ukrainian national anthem and played them on bells with some intentional dissonance.
We recorded In The Silence in our little home studio.
Fredrick Brooks - Vocals/Acoustic Guitar/Bass/Keyboards
Joy Brooks - Harmonies
Chris Pezzarello - Drums/Harmonies
Produced/Mastered by Fredrick Brooks and Chris Pezarello
Written by Fredrick Brooks and Joy Brooks
Cover Art by Joy Brooks
In the Silence
Outside the warlord rolls
Devil’s dice for innocent souls
We now hear his lowly voice
For the brave stand ready to fight
Hands joined by the power of life
And in the silence - in the chaos - defiance is born
These are the victims - the innocent ones
These are the victims - of war
As prayers rise into Kiev skies
Bombs fall the innocent die
And Peace is a broken word
Here lies an empty room - A lost home
A city in ruin
And in the silence - in the chaos - babies are born
These are the victims - the innocent ones
These are the victims - of war
And I can’t believe
This
Oh I can’t believe
A bullet flies - steals away the years
Memories rise - turn to tears
And in the Silence - in the chaos - sorrow is born
These are the victims - the innocent ones
These are the victims - of war