Verse 1 The room is dark again. The curtains barely move. She's lying underneath the covers, trying to convince herself that she's safe. But every time the lights go out, she's a little girl again. Small hands beneath the blanket. Eyes wide open. Waiting for someone who never came. Verse 2 So she presses play. A voice fills the bedroom. Someone talking about nothing. Someone laughing somewhere on the other side of the screen. She doesn't even watch anymore. She just needs the sound. Because silence has a memory. And silence knows exactly where to find her. Pre-Chorus She knows she's older now. She knows she's not that child. But fear doesn't understand how many years have passed. Chorus So don't turn the video off. Please, leave the sound on. Let somebody keep talking until I finally fall asleep. I know they're not really here. I know they don't know my name. But when the room gets quiet, I feel abandoned all over again. So don't turn the video off. I don't want to be alone with that little girl tonight. Verse 3 Sometimes she wakes up in the middle of the night. The video is still playing. Blue light across the walls. For a second, she doesn't know where she is. Then she remembers. She's grown up. She's safe. She's here. But her heart is still beating like somebody left her behind. Bridge Nobody sees this part of her. They see someone who can laugh. Someone who gets through the day. Someone who seems okay. They don't see her at night, holding onto a stranger's voice through a glowing screen, just to keep the silence from taking her back. Chorus So don't turn the video off. Let it play until morning. Let the voices fill the darkness. Let them drown out the memories. Because when everything goes silent, I can hear that old door closing. I can feel that empty room again. I can feel how small I was. And no matter how old I get, some part of me is still waiting for someone to come back. (mhmmm) Chorus So don't turn the video off. Please, don't leave me here. Keep talking in the background. Keep pretending someone is near. I know it's only a screen. I know it's only sound. But tonight, it's the closest thing I have to not feeling abandoned. And maybe tomorrow I'll be brave enough for silence. But tonight I need a voice. Tonight I need the light. Because somewhere inside me there is still a little girl who is terrified that if she closes her eyes, everyone will leave again. Outro The video keeps playing. Her breathing slowly changes. Her eyes finally close. The room is still dark. The past is still there. But for tonight, there is a voice in the background. And that's enough to make the silence wait until morning. (ahhhh)
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