**[Verse 1]** You don’t gotta read every silence like threat. Not every pause is a knife in your neck. Some days go quiet ‘cause the world got thin. That don’t mean loss. That don’t mean sin. You don’t have to guard every door with fire. Not every doubt is a funeral pyre. Some thoughts just pass like smoke in a room. You breathe ‘em out. You don’t make ‘em truth. I seen you come in bright from the cold outside. Laugh in your breath, heat in your eyes. Now you move careful, talk low, slow your flame. That’s my winter leaking into your frame. **[Pre-Hook]** You feel the heat, you start to shake. Start to see ghosts where there ain’t no face. That’s old alarms in a new disguise. That’s my past knocking, not your night. **[Hook]** Baby, trust me when I’m running on fumes. Trust yourself when your mind says doom. Don’t chase every shadow on the wall. Some dark just dark. It don’t mean fall. I’m in survival, I’m holding the line. I can’t carry fear that ain’t even mine. Be the light when the room feels wrong. Stay still. Stay here. Stay strong. --- **[Verse 2]** You been trained by loss to expect the cut. Every soft moment feels set to erupt. So you tighten your grip when the air gets thin. But pressure breaks what you’re trying to win. Not every distance means someone’s gone. Sometimes a man just goes quiet to go on. Not every silence is hiding a lie. Some truths breathe best when they don’t testify. You don’t gotta mirror the weight I wear. You don’t gotta learn how to stand in despair. I bend my spine just to stay in the fight. That don’t mean you gotta fold your light. **[Pre-Hook]** You see the worst ‘cause you learned it first. That don’t make it real. Just means it hurts. You ain’t wrong for the way you feel. But you wrong if you crown it real. **[Hook]** Baby, trust me when I’m losing my grip. Trust yourself when your thoughts go split. Don’t chase every shadow you think you saw. Some fears just echo, they ain’t the law. I’m in survival, I’m walking slow. I can’t fight fires you light on your own. Be the light when the dark feels near. Hold your ground. Don’t disappear. --- **[Bridge]** *(half-spoken, stripped beat)* You don’t need to bleed to be loyal. You don’t need to brake to stay true. I’m already crooked from holding this storm. Don’t let my weather live in you. You don’t gotta learn my defenses. You don’t gotta live in the brace. Some storms come heavy— But they don’t get your face. --- **[Verse 3]** You talk to the dark like it knows your name. Like every shadow got aim and blame. But shadows move when the light shifts shape. That ain’t pursuit. That’s just how it plays. You been strong in the wrong kind of way. Carrying weight you could set down today. Being alert ain’t the same as alive. Survival’s a mode, not a life. You don’t gotta punish the calm. You don’t gotta read harm in the warm. Peace feels strange when you learned to fight. But strange don’t mean wrong. It just ain’t your night. **[Hook – Final]** Baby, trust me when I’m barely upright. Trust yourself when you lose your sight. Don’t chase every shadow in your head. Some dark just dark. It don’t mean dead. I’m in survival, I’m holding breath. I can’t survive inside your test. Be the light when the fear gets loud. Stand your ground. Don’t chase the crowd. --- **[Outro]** *(dub echo, sparse)* You don’t run from the quiet. You sit with the sound. Let the silence speak— But don’t let it crown. Some storms come heavy. They pass in time. I bend so you don’t have to. You keep your light.
