# WE DON'T TALK ABOUT IT **Verse 1** Around here we shut the curtains, Sweep the broken glass away. If nobody says it happened, Then it happened yesterday. Smile for all the family pictures, Shake a few familiar hands. Everybody knows the story... No one says a goddamn thing. **Pre-Chorus** The louder that the silence gets, The more we're told it's peace. But silence never healed a wound, It only hid the bleeding. **Chorus** That's our family's way of dealing with things— Just don't talk about it. Bury every tear, every bruise, every doubt, Just don't talk about it. Pass the pain from hand to hand, Call it strength, call it God's plan. Generation after generation, We don't heal... We just don't talk about it. **Verse 2** Someone always changes the subject When the truth gets close enough. "It's in the past..." "Let it go..." "Why are you bringing this up?" Funny how remembering hurts them More than living through it hurt me. Guess the truth becomes inconvenient When it cracks the family dream. **Pre-Chorus** Every secret has a heartbeat. Every lie collects its cost. The things we never dare to face Are never really lost. **Chorus** That's our family's way of dealing with things— Just don't talk about it. Call it forgiveness before there's accountability, Just don't talk about it. Protect the image, guard the name, Pretend tomorrow looks the same. The cycle keeps on turning Because no one ever says... Enough. **Bridge** I'm not trying to tear this family down. I'm trying to stop the walls from crushing us. The truth isn't what divides us. It's the silence. **Breakdown** No more whispering. No more pretending. No more carrying wounds That everyone else agreed to ignore. If speaking the truth makes me the problem... Then maybe I've been solving the wrong problem all along. **Final Chorus** That's our family's way of dealing with things... But it dies with me. I'll say the words nobody wanted said. I'll feel what nobody wanted felt. I'd rather break the silence Than keep breaking people. Because healing starts The moment someone finally says... **"We need to talk about it."**
