If you only knew What I can’t say out loud Buried in plain view Drowning under this crowd I’m choking on the truth Bound by the vow I signed If you only knew You’d never trust your own eyes Whisper codes in the margin lines Guilt bleeds through the watermark Smiling wolves on the TV shine Sewing chaos in the dark I’ve seen under the painted glass All the teeth behind the grin Every question you never asked Is a crime I’m holding in I’m locked in the room where the answers live Tongue tied to the chair by the oaths I give You sleep to the hum of the narrative While I burn, while I burn If you only knew What I can’t say out loud Buried in plain view Drowning under this crowd I’m choking on the truth Bound by the vow I signed If you only knew You’d never trust your own eyes Every feed is a loaded gun Every headline’s a crooked frame They decide where the light gets hung You just memorize the flames I’ve been reading the censored lines In between what you’re allowed Watching history re-designed As you cheer along so proud I’m stuck in the back with the files you burn Front row to the lies that you never learn My silence is debt I can’t overturn So I choke, so I choke I see the strings You see the show I hear the no one’s Voice below I wear the chains You wear the crown I hold the truth That keeps you down How do I sleep when the facts don’t fade? How do you preach what the screens just made? How can I speak when the price is paid In my blood, in my blood? If you only knew What I can’t say out loud Buried in plain view Drowning under this crowd I’m choking on the truth Bound by the vow I signed If you only knew You’d never trust your own eyes If you only knew You’d drag me into the light If you only knew Why I’m silent when I fight I trace the pattern in the static I feel the edits in the frame I hear the echoes in your panic Calling my carefully hidden name I’m just the shadow in the briefing The ghost that never makes the tape You build your faith on what they’re feeding I drown in truths I can’t explain If you only knew (You’d tear these curtains down) If you only knew (You’d burn this circuit out) I’m choking on the truth That I can’t give to you If you only knew, if you only knew You’d swear this oath was a noose If you only knew
