[Intro — soft music] (Soft piano, simple, spaced notes) There are moments you try to explain but the room doesn’t change ⸻ [Verse 1] You say what happened you say what you saw you try to make sense of something wrong but they look past you they shift away like your words don’t carry weight ⸻ [Verse 2] So you learn to measure your voice to second guess every choice you learn to hold what you know is true and keep it hidden inside of you ⸻ [Chorus] When you’re not believed you go quiet when you’re dismissed you step back you start to think it’s safer that way to say less to react less ⸻ [Verse 3] You begin to trust only yourself no one else no one else you read the room before you speak you guard your words you guard your peace ⸻ [Bridge — shift] But silence has a cost and truth doesn’t disappear it waits [Chorus — rising] You can speak up even shaking you can stand there unmistaken you can say it even if they turn away you can say it anyway ⸻ [Verse 4] They say the grass isn’t always greener but I say sometimes it is if you can leave what held you down you can grow you can choose you can become who you want to be ⸻ [Bridge 2] Trauma can try to steal your strength but fight back move through each day use your voice use your kindness be the person who speaks out who stands up let truth flow from your lips ⸻ [Pre-Outro] Support others show them you hear them you see them they matter shaped by your past but not defined still free to reshape still free to become someone new ⸻ [Outro — resolution] It doesn’t mean they’ll understand it doesn’t mean they’ll take your hand but it means you didn’t fold you didn’t trade your truth for quiet your voice is yours ⸻ [Ending — soft music] (Soft piano returns, slower, fades out) Say it anyway Say it anyway Say it anyway
