[Verse] Words don't form when my chest is tight I fade to shadows in the quiet night It's not that I don't care I care too much But the air between us feels like a fragile crutch I go quiet when the world cuts deep Words get tangled So I let them sleep In my mind I’m a poet Clear as the sky But my tongue turns to stone And I don’t know why [Prechorus] But silence Oh silence It feels like a shield A fortress of whispers A battlefield [Chorus] Stay close anyway Don’t walk away Hear the words I can’t seem to say It’s not that I don’t care It’s not that I don’t try Stay close anyway See the truth in my eyes [Verse 2] I’ve been mislabeled Shy or aloof But my walls aren’t pride They’re a fragile roof Every hurt I’ve handled alone in my chest Turns into habit Though I know it’s a test [Bridge] Notice the quiet it’s screaming loud Stay in the silence don’t leave me now Not a fortress not a wall Just a soul that’s scared to fall [Chorus] Stay close anyway Don’t walk away Hear the words I can’t seem to say It’s not that I don’t care It’s not that I don’t try Stay close anyway See the truth in my eyes [Verse 3] I’m just scared to let the wrong words fly Inside my head it’s loud and clear But out here it vanishes like smoke and fear Quiet walls They're all I know A fortress built from pain I won’t show If you see me retreat Don’t walk away Stay close Stay close Let me find my way [Prechorus] I’m not unfeeling I’m just afraid Of a world where my heart’s a grenade [Chorus] Stay close anyway When I can’t find my way Through the web in my mind Where the words go to hide Stay close anyway When I push you away What I need’s not the space It’s someone who’ll stay
