Loud In Quiet Rooms

Verse 1 I wake up before the world does 3 a.m., just me and my thoughts Screen glow lighting up the silence Thinking things I probably shouldn’t have caught I learned young how to read a room Before a word was ever said Now I hear what people don’t say And it’s louder in my head ⸻ Pre-Chorus You can fake it for a minute I can see straight through the act You call it overthinking I just call it reading facts ⸻ Chorus I’m loud in quiet rooms Even when I don’t speak Feel everything too much But I make it look like me I joke like it’s nothing Like it’s all a game I play But I see the cracks in everything And I don’t look away ⸻ Verse 2 Work shift, same routine chaos People playing parts on cue I clock in but I clock the patterns That nobody else wants to view Smile sharp, little bit sarcastic Keep it light, keep it clean But there’s a whole storm under surface Of everything I’ve seen ⸻ Pre-Chorus You say “that’s just how it is” I say “that’s just what you ignore” You can live in surface-level I’ve been through a little more ⸻ Chorus I’m loud in quiet rooms Even when I don’t speak Feel everything too much But I make it look like me I laugh like it’s nothing Like I’m fine with everything But I learned how to survive Before I learned how to be ⸻ Bridge I don’t need to raise my voice To make the silence shift I’ve been building strength in places You don’t even know exist Yeah I’m small but I’m not subtle Yeah I’m quiet but I’m sharp I’ve been navigating darkness With a map inside my heart ⸻ Breakdown I don’t say it all out loud Doesn’t mean it’s not there I just learned a long time ago Not everyone can care ⸻ Chorus I’m loud in quiet rooms Even when I’m still There’s a thousand things behind me That shaped my every will I don’t need your understanding I don’t need you to agree I just need the space to exist Exactly how I be