Under layers of silk, you poured your light and fire Heart and vein My way Never asked for the world, just a flicker of kindness But all I delivered was rain When you pull me near and whisper you won’t leave Patiently The silence inside me grows There’s a thousand things still screaming in my chest But they stay buried till the door clicks shut And I’m alone I used to shake the sky with every note I sang Stop rivers mid-flow Crack mountains in two Now the riverbed’s empty, the echoes won’t ring And even when your fingers lace with mine for warmth I’m still freezing from within After every promise, every gentle thing you’ve done There’s a fracture running deep A wound I keep refusing to outrun A quiet rage that I refuse to speak When you pull me near and whisper you won’t leave Patiently The silence inside me grows There’s a thousand things still screaming in my chest But they stay buried till the door clicks shut And I’m alone You lie beside me, unraveling every secret thread Giving everything, body and breath I stay frozen, letting the moment rust Let me hide here in this cage I built myself While I watch you slowly fade into the mist Will you pull me near and swear you won’t leave? Will you pull me near when I’m too numb to speak? Endlessly Even when I give you nothing back There’s a thousand things still screaming in my chest But by the time I find my voice again You’ll be gone
