Keep Quiet

Whispers in Silence: Hot Chip's Enigmatic Ode to Love and Secrecy
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Lyrics

When the wind dies down and the howling stops

Reference to a calm moment after a storm, signaling emotional pain.

The hurting starts, then I hear your name

Transition from calm to emotional pain, triggered by the mention of a name.

In this quiet time, this aching time

Describing a time of emotional longing and yearning.

I can hear your fingers on the window pane

Sensory imagery of hearing someone's presence through touch on a window pane.


If I was in the dark, if I was in the light

Reflecting on contrasting situations, whether in darkness or light.

If we were walking through the forests of the night together

Imagining a shared experience, walking together in the mysterious forest of the night.

If we were taken down, down into the heart

Exploring a descent into the depths of intense emotions, possibly referencing a challenging situation.

Of the blackest night where we could sleep forever

Desire for a deep, enduring connection even in the darkest times.


Keep quiet, I hear you

Command to maintain silence, possibly to preserve a delicate emotional state.

Keep quiet, I hear you

Reiteration of the need for quietness, emphasizing the importance of silence.


When you sing, I think I know more than I hear you speak

Acknowledging understanding through singing, surpassing spoken words.

I have to keep it close enough to me

Emphasizing the need to keep understanding close and personal.

'Cause I don't want to disrupt all you think

Expressing a reluctance to disrupt or disturb the understood harmony.

And I don't want to disturb what we keep quiet

Affirming the desire to maintain quietness in the relationship.


Baby, with these open arms I pray,

Expressing a prayer for unity and the inability to face a day without the significant other.

I will not see the day without you

Metaphorical reference to the partner as a shelter from life's storms.

Homeless is the driving wind

Describing a strong force (driving wind) and the commitment to face it together.

And I will run away with him without you, without you

Imagining a scenario of running away with a force (possibly a metaphor) without the partner.

Without you, without you

Repetition of the absence, emphasizing the pain of being without the partner.

Without you

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When you sing, I have to keep it close just as a hymn

Comparing the partner's singing to a hymn, highlighting its significance.

And in your breath I know just what you sing

Noting understanding through the partner's breath and song.

And spoken words might not be all we speak

Suggesting that spoken words may not capture the depth of communication.

'Cause in our lungs there's something that we keep quiet

Highlighting the unspoken, deep connection residing in their shared breath.

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