[VERSE 1] I keep circling the same old breaks Every truth I spit just snaps in two You keep talking like you still stay close But your silence cuts me clean and through [CHORUS] Salience — you tear through all my noise Drag me back to every ruined choice I’m not numb, I’m just bracing for the hit Salience — you never let me quit [VERSE 2] I’ve been pacing through the wreck I built Every step rewinds the night we split You keep haunting every word I choke And the echo drags me back to it [BRIDGE (tight, strained, breathless)] I tried outrunning what I meant But meaning waits — it never bends And when it finds you, it hits raw No mercy, no shelter Just truth, exposed [FINAL CHORUS] Salience — you tear through all my noise Drag me back to every ruined choice I’m not numb, I’m just bracing for the hit Salience — you never let me quit Salience — you carve me into shape Break me just enough to make me stay
