[Intro] I feel it climbing the spine Before I have a name for it Hands already making fists Jaw already locked [Verse 1] I was born with a short fuse and a long memory Every slight comes back wearing yesterday’s face I count to ten I make it to three The room gets small And I fill it [Pre-Chorus] I don’t want a throne of broken glass I don’t want another night I can’t unsee I want the part of me That doesn’t swing [Chorus] This is the quiet I owe To the ones who stood in the blast This is the quiet I owe To the man I am when the heat has passed Jaw shut Hands down Breathe once Come back [Verse 2] I have put holes in doors that never hit me first I have made a home afraid of my own name Peace is not a poster Peace is a practice I fail it I pick it up I fail it again [Pre-Chorus] I don’t want a crown for staying angry I don’t want the story where I always win the fight I want the white room And a door I don’t kick [Chorus] This is the quiet I owe To the ones who stood in the blast This is the quiet I owe To the man I am when the heat has passed Jaw shut Hands down Breathe once Come back [Bass Solo] [Bridge] White room No audience No one to impress with thunder Just the pulse And the choice I can be the storm Or I can be the shore I pick the shore Even when the water wants the house [Guitar Solo] [Final Chorus] This is the quiet I owe To the ones who stood in the blast This is the quiet I owe I will not spend another year as a weapon Jaw shut Hands down Breathe once Come back The quiet I owe I pay it now [Outro] Hands down Still here
