[Instrumental Intro – heavy, slow, gathering] [Verse 1 – screamed, controlled] Nothing changed. Still something’s wrong. You’re right here, But you’re already gone. I watch your face, I wait too long. The quiet moves first. I let it. [Instrumental – low, pulsing] [Pre-Chorus – strained] I tell myself it’s nothing. It never is. [Chorus – sung, wounded, exposed] THE SHAPE OF SILENCE FALLS ON ME LIKE IT KNOWS ME BY NAME YOU DON’T SAY A WORD BUT I FEEL IT ALL THE SAME THE SHAPE OF SILENCE DRAWS THE LINE SHOWS ME WHERE I END I DON’T NEED PROOF I’VE BEEN HERE BEFORE I KNOW HOW THIS GOES [Instrumental – heavy, violin cutting through] [Verse 2 – screamed, heavier] You turn away. Just long enough. The ground shifts. That’s enough. I replay words You never said. I don’t need truth. I fill the gaps. [Instrumental – tightening, marching] [Pre-Chorus – more desperate] I know you didn’t mean it. It still lands. [Chorus – sung, more strain] THE SHAPE OF SILENCE CLOSES IN SLOW TEACHES ME MY PLACE YOU DON’T PUSH I BACK AWAY I ERASE MY FACE THE SHAPE OF SILENCE HOLDS ME DOWN LIKE IT ALWAYS DID I DON’T NEED SIGNS I DON’T NEED TIME I KNOW WHAT THIS IS [Instrumental – slow descent, crushing] [Verse 3 – screamed, tired, collapsing] I don’t fight it. I don’t speak. I get smaller. I go weak. Every pause Confirms the truth. If I leave first, I lose less. [Instrumental – breakdown, storm-like] [Bridge / Breakdown – raw, shouted] SAY IT OR DON’T IT’S THE SAME I HEAR THE ANSWER IN THE WIND I SCREAM IT OUT AND SCREAM AGAIN [Final Chorus – sung, breaking but steady] THE SHAPE OF SILENCE BREAKS ME DOWN WITHOUT A SOUND WITHOUT A SCENE I KNOW YOU NEVER MEANT A THING BUT IT STAYS WITH ME THE SHAPE OF SILENCE FOLLOWS ME WHEREVER I GO I DON’T NEED WORDS I DON’T NEED HOPE I KNOW THIS WEIGHT [Instrumental Outro – unresolved, storm fading]
