[Intro] (vinyl crackle, low synth swell) [Verse 1] He laughed the loudest at the table, kept the room alive, Nobody checks the ones who always seem alright. Taught to swallow, taught to carry, taught to never bend, "Man up" was the last lesson no one meant to send. Behind closed doors the weight was different than it seemed, A house that looked put together, cracked at every seam. He said "I'm good" on Tuesday, gone again by Thursday's light, The hardest part — nobody saw the fight. [Hook] Static in the quiet, static in his chest, Said he'd figure it out, thought that was the best. No one taught him how to say the hard thing out loud, Now his name's just an echo lost inside a crowd. [Verse 2] His father wasn't cruel, just a man who never cried, Passed it down like an heirloom, buried deep inside. Statistics say the numbers climb every single year, But statistics don't explain the ones we can't hear. His brother finds the voicemails, can't delete the sound, His mother sets two plates some nights out of habit, sits down. His son will ask the questions no answer can undo, Grief don't come with instructions on what next to do. [Hook] Static in the quiet, static in his chest, Said he'd figure it out, thought that was the best. No one taught him how to say the hard thing out loud, Now his name's just an echo lost inside a crowd. [Bridge] Maybe the strongest thing he could've done was speak, Maybe strength was never built on never being weak. This one's for the ones still holding on tonight — Your static isn't silence. Let somebody in the light. [Outro] He laughed the loudest at the table... they didn't know. They didn't know.
