[Intro – soft Rhodes, layered “oohs”] BGVs (Mmmm…) (Ooh…) (Morning…) ⸻ Lola (softly) I used to think silence was lonely… Turns out… It was just honest. ⸻ [Verse 1] The TV’s off Phone face down No conversations To drown me out The window cracked Cool morning breeze Funny… How peace don’t make A sound BGVs (No sound…) I spent so long Tryna outrun thoughts Fillin’ every empty room With somebody else’s voice Now it’s just me… And for the first time… That don’t scare me anymore ⸻ [Pre-Chorus] I been mistakin’ Noise… For healing BGVs (Healing…) Keepin’ myself busy So I ain’t have to feel But every answer I’ve been searchin’ for… Was waitin’ On the other side Of stillness (soft run) Stillness… ⸻ [Chorus] When it’s quiet… I hear my own heart again Not breakin’… Just beatin’ Like it always did BGVs (Beatin’…) When it’s quiet… I don’t miss you… The way I thought I did I miss the woman Who forgot She deserved This kind of peace (breathy ad-libs) Mmm… She’s still here… ⸻ [Verse 2] There’s a picture On the shelf I almost turned it over Then I caught myself It don’t hurt The way it used to It’s just… Proof That I survived A version of my life BGVs (My life…) And maybe love Didn’t leave me empty Maybe it just made room For someone I’ve been neglectin’ Me. (soft whisper) Finally… Me. ⸻ [Pre-Chorus 2] Every room Feels different now Not because You ain’t here… Because I finally am BGVs (You are…) Funny… I been searchin’ For closure… In another person When it was waitin’ Inside me All along ⸻ [Chorus] When it’s quiet… I hear my own laugh again Didn’t know I missed that sound More than your voice BGVs (Your voice…) When it’s quiet… I remember dreams I stopped dreamin’ Just to fit inside Somebody else’s future But mine… Still calls my name (harmonies swell) Calls my naaame… ⸻ [Bridge – Rhodes only] Lola You know what surprised me? BGVs (What?) I kept tellin’ everybody… I was heartbroken… (long pause) But… I think… I was homesick. BGVs (Homesick…) Not for a place… Not for a person… For… Me. (long pause) I’ve missed me. ⸻ [Final Chorus – fullest harmonies on the album so far] When it’s quiet… I hear her again The girl Who danced Around the kitchen Without a reason BGVs (She’s still here…) When it’s quiet… I don’t see Everything I lost… I finally see Everything… That stayed My kindness… My softness… My hope… My heart… Never left me. It was just… Waiting… For me to come home. Ad-libs (Come home…) (You’re here now…) (Welcome back…) (Ohhh…) ⸻ [Outro – whisper] Lola Maybe… Silence… Was never empty… Maybe… It was making room… For me.
