[Verse 1] Complicity feels too strong and innocence feels too gentle when the room goes cold and the rules turn brittle You call it a blur I call it a bruise There’s a lock on the door and it’s not just the mood You said “maybe it’s nothing” I felt every stall Every careful excuse like a crack in the wall [Pre-Chorus] I kept my mouth small kept my hands still Thought if I stayed quiet it would all just heal But silence is a shape and it leaves a mark I was learning the names of the shadows in the dark [Chorus] Too strong, too strong too strong for that Too gentle, too gentle to call it back What was taken was taken I know that now Too strong, too strong to bow it down [Verse 2] You wore “misunderstanding” like a clean white shirt But I saw the stains under every word It wasn’t a rumor it wasn’t a game Some things don’t fade when you say their name I don’t need a grand word to tell me the truth My body kept score before I had proof [Pre-Chorus] I kept my mouth small kept my hands still Thought if I stayed quiet it would all just heal But silence is a shape and it leaves a mark I was learning the names of the shadows in the dark [Chorus] Too strong, too strong too strong for that Too gentle, too gentle to call it back What was taken was taken I know that now Too strong, too strong to bow it down [Bridge] No more shrinking no more “it might be” No more dressing the wound like it’s only a memory If the word hurts then let it If the truth shakes then let it I’m not asking for pretty I’m asking for real For the shape of the hurt and the cut that it sealed [Final Chorus] Too strong, too strong too strong for that Too gentle, too gentle to call it back What was taken was taken I know that now Too strong, too strong to bow it down Too strong, too strong I say it clean Too gentle, too gentle to stay unseen
