Quiet In-Between

[Verse 1] My shoulders hold the sky today And every bone has come to say That nothing moves without a price The cold got in the night before last And every joint remembers fast That even rest can feel like ice [Pre-Chorus] I count the hours till the ache retreats I count the places that I can't go But I am still here in the in-between Still breathing through what no one knows [Chorus] This is the pain I carry quiet This is the body I live inside Not asking anyone to sit beside me Just needing somewhere safe to cry She doesn't fall — she folds a little She holds the pieces, waits for light This is the pain, and it will pass through She will be standing when it's right [Verse 2] The room feels close, the day feels long A kettle boils, the world moves on While she sits still and bears the weight Outside the noise, the phones, the calls The pressure where her foot just falls She finds the quiet in the wait [Pre-Chorus] She counts the hours till the ache retreats She counts the small things she still knows A warmth to sink in, somewhere gentle A self that only she can hold [Chorus] This is the pain she carries quiet This is the body she lives inside Not asking anyone to sit beside her Just needing somewhere safe to cry She doesn't fall — she folds a little She holds the pieces, waits for light This is the pain, and it will pass through She will be standing when it's right [Bridge] Some days the world spends everything it has To pull her under, take what she has left But underneath the weight there is a stillness A girl who knows how deep she's had to breathe [Final Chorus] This is the pain she carries quiet This is the body she lives inside And somewhere in the ache there is a knowing That she has earned the right to cry She doesn't fall — she folds a little She holds the pieces, waits for light This is the pain, and it will pass through She will be standing — she will be right