[Verse 1] the room’s too quiet for me to bluff a glass sweats out a ring in the wood headlights slide across the curtain a car going by like it’s already gone I keep my voice where it won’t shake keep it easy, keep it small but that one short line I won’t say sits heavy in my fist [Pre-Chorus 1] you can walk around it for years till it feels like part of the place I’m tired of sounding "fine" tired of wearing that face. no speech. No repair just my throat and my breath and the weight in my chest [Chorus 1] can I say it without burning up the room without burning up me can I just say it plain as it is. and still be standing here [Verse 2] the clock gives one hard tick like it’s clearing its throat I try it with no sound first one breath that won’t go my mouth knows all the turns all the jokes that stall but my hand’s been clenched so long it forgot it had a pulse at all [Pre-Chorus 2] I don’t want a case to plead I don’t want to be right I just want this weight gone for one damn night no lesson, no fix just heartbeat and throat and what I’ve lived [Chorus 2] if it burns, let it burn I’m done guarding the air if it breaks, let it break I can’t keep it in there I won’t dress it up I won’t make it sound kind I’m not here to keep it pretty I’m here to stop disappearing (mmm...) [Bridge] that ring on the table’s still there dark at the edge where it dried I’ve watched it come and go like I’ve watched myself hide I hold that word like a nail like a coin I can’t spend then I open up my hand I let it fall where it lands [Outro] if it burns, let it burn I’m done, guarding the air (mmm...) Note: “I wrote this from the place where staying quiet is how you stay safe. Until it isn’t. One short line I’ve carried too long, kept small so nothing would break. This is what happens when you say it anyway. If it burns, let it burn. Not loud. Not beautiful. Just honest.” © 2026 Irrelin. All rights reserved https://suno.com/@irrelin
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