Song Description
based on the character Lorena in Larry McMurtry's "Lonesome Dove" - about a women who gave away her body every night but never gave away her soul
| Song Length |
3:15 |
Genre |
Folk - Country, Folk - Contemporary |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Poignant, Composed |
Subject |
Numbness, Pain |
| Similar Artists |
Alison Krauss |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
There is a silence runs so deep
To a place she'll always keep for herself
No one else can know
How deep it goes
There is a loneliness so sharp
Cutting deep into this heart
No one else could understand
No one ever took the time to take her hand
She's all alone
In this world
And now a woman must grow
From this girl
And don't you think that if she could
She would tell you all her stories
Of every man that's battered her
And every child she worries about?
But she doesn't have the words
So she never will be heard
She keeps her peace, she keeps her head
No one can hurt her if she's dead
Just an empty shell
And she knows its just as well she hide inside
She's all alone in this world
And now a woman must grow
From this girl
There is a silence runs so deep