The silence shakes — I feel it crawl beneath my skin. I built a world on hesitation, held my breath until it hurt, No worth. Every calm before the storm just taught me how to make it worse. I can’t stop what I create, Every peace becomes decay. If letting go means losing me, Then what the hell am I supposed to be? There’s no cure for the calm I fake, Every breath’s another break. I drown inside the quiet tones, The emptiness beneath my bones. I never wanted peace to stay — It kills me in its own way. I bite my tongue until it’s quiet, The taste reminds me I exist. All the things I tried to fix Just turned to things I can’t resist. I can’t stop what I create, Every peace becomes decay. If letting go means losing me, Then what the hell am I supposed to be? There’s no cure for the calm I fake, Every breath’s another break. I drown inside the quiet tones, The emptiness beneath my bones. I never wanted peace to stay — It kills me in its own way. I’ve learned to live beneath the ache, To smile before I start to shake. It’s all the same. If I could scream without a sound, Would anyone still stick around? This calm’s a cage I built for show, It’s cracking now — I’ll let it go. So much for control and grace, I tore the mask right off my face. You call it peace, I call it numb — The quiet’s what I’m running from. There’s no cure for the calm I fake, Every breath’s another break. I drown inside the quiet tones, The emptiness beneath my bones. I never wanted peace to stay — It kills me in its own way. I’ve learned to live beneath the ache, To smile before I start to shake. It’s all the same.
