The Forgotten Pt. 1: Ceiling Cracks

[Intro] [Immediate sorrowful clean guitar melody] [Soft violin swells slowly emerging] [Verse 1] I used to count the ceiling cracks Every night when they came back Making shapes above my head Trying not to hear the bed There was water on the wall Tiny footsteps down the hall I learned silence worked the best If I buried every breath [Pre-Chorus] [Soft drums enter] I forgot birthdays one by one Forgot how old I was becoming Every room became the same Different lock, another name [Chorus] [Emotional lift] I learned to disappear Before they saw the fear Somewhere underneath my skin I stopped letting people in The violin would cry for me When I could not feel a thing I kept staring at those cracks Trying to never come back~ [Verse 2] Sometimes I would close my eyes Paint whole worlds across the lines Fields of green and painted skies Places little girls survive I stopped crying years ago They said tears just make it slow So I learned to leave somehow Even while still standing there somehow [Pre-Chorus] [Violin swells stronger] Every city looked the same Every man forgot my name Every mirror felt untrue Like my face belonged to someone new [Chorus] [More emotional intensity] I learned to disappear Before they touched the fear Somewhere underneath my skin I stopped letting people in The violin would cry for me When I could not feel a thing I kept staring at those cracks Trying to never come back~ [Bridge] [Minimal instrumentation] [Almost whispered] I was thirteen when they sold me again By then I barely remembered who I’d been [Violin and piano swell] I still count the ceiling cracks Even now when I sleep alone Funny how the safest room Still doesn’t feel like home~ [Final Chorus] [Explosive emotional release] I learned to disappear So nobody saw the fear Somewhere underneath my skin A little girl wore thin The violin still cries for me Even when I feel nothing I kept staring at those cracks Until my mind stopped looking back~ [Outro] [Soft violin only] [Clean guitar fading naturally] [End]