ONLY MIST [Intro] I may feel a downpour and show you only mist. [Verse 1] You said, “You seem okay.” I said, “Yeah, I guess I am.” Funny what a steady voice can make somebody understand. I learned to keep my hands from shaking. Learned to smile at the right time. Learned that looking like I’m drowning doesn’t happen when I drown inside. [Pre-Chorus] You can only see what reaches you. That’s not everything that exists. Sometimes there’s a whole damn hurricane behind a little mist. [Chorus] I may feel a downpour and show you only mist. You may see a quiet face and never know the weight of it. Don’t measure someone’s ocean by the water on their surface. What you see is what escaped me. Not everything within. I may feel a downpour and show you only mist. [Verse 2] Somebody cries and everybody leans across to ask what’s wrong. Somebody laughs through dinner then goes home and falls apart. One person wears their weather. One keeps every storm inside. We keep judging depth of feeling by how visibly it arrives. [Pre-Chorus] Maybe pain doesn’t owe us a performance to exist. Maybe silence isn’t shallow. Maybe calm isn’t bliss. [Chorus] I may feel a downpour and show you only mist. You may see a quiet face and never know the weight of it. Don’t measure someone’s ocean by the water on their skin. What you see is what escaped me. Not everything within. I may feel a downpour and show you only mist. [Bridge] And maybe you do it too. Maybe I’ve mistaken your composure for the truth. Maybe while I wanted someone to look closer at my eyes, I was looking at your face and assuming you were fine. God, I forgot There’s so much more inside. [Build] Your face is not a window. Your silence is not proof. I’ve held a cup with steady hands while the room inside me shook. [Final Chorus] We may feel a downpour and show each other only mist. Walk around with private weather no one else can quite predict. So I’ll stop measuring your ocean by the water on your skin. What I see is what has surfaced. Not everything within. You may carry thunder and show me only mist. [Post-Chorus] So tell me when it’s raining. I’ll believe you when it is. You don’t have to stand there drowning for me to come and sit beside you. [Outro] I may feel a downpour and show you only mist. You asked if I was okay. Maybe next time wait for the answer.
