[Intro] Yeah… It was a Tuesday… Too quiet… You ever hear silence so loud it don’t feel right? That was 26 May 2015 [Verse 1] It was Tuesday morning, birds singing outside But the house felt different, like something just died He said we’d fix the door when the daylight came So I waited on a knock, but it never came Woke up late, yeah around eleven or so Something felt off but I ain’t even know Stepped in the yard, felt the weight in the air Like the silence had a voice saying “something ain’t there” Walked through the passage, slow steps, heart tense Every move I made didn’t make no sense We had jokes every morning, same words we’d say “Are you dead or alive?” just to start the day Said it out loud, but it came back blank Saw him covered in the sheets and my whole world sank Pulled it back, saw his face, knew the truth in a flash Touched his chest… yeah that moment just crashed [Hook] 26 May… yeah the silence got loud 26 May… turned a boy to a man now 26 May… I can still hear it clear 26 May… yeah I wish you were here 26 May… still alive in me now [Verse 2] No tears, no panic, just a phone in my hand Called my cousin like “please come through, I don’t understand” Told my sister “he ain’t waking”, she ain’t get the tone Some realities you face but you face ‘em alone Called my brother, said “he’s not breathing no more” Still sitting outside, staring down at the floor Mind racing fast but my body stayed still Like I left my own self just to handle the will He arrived, I just pointed, couldn’t walk back in Some doors once you open, you don’t close again He said “he’s gone”… and the air got thick Like the whole world paused in the middle of it Then my mom and my sister came crying in pain That’s the moment it hit, I could feel it in my veins Tears broke loose, couldn’t hold that weight That’s the day I changed… yeah 26 May Now every silence got a different sound Every empty room feel like he still around I still see that morning when I close my eyes Same passage, same door, same goodbye Never got to say what I needed to say Now I carry those words every single day If I could trade time, just to hear him speak I’d give anything just to get that week [Hook] 26 May… yeah the silence got loud 26 May… turned a boy to a man now 26 May… I can still hear it clear 26 May… yeah I wish you were here 26 May… still alive in me now [Outro] Yeah… That house still the same… But it ain’t the same… Sometimes I still hear that morning… That silence… 26 May… That’s the day everything changed…
