Verse 1 I learned how to wear a smile Like armor for the day Learned how to answer questions Without giving myself away Everybody sees me standing Nobody sees me fall They hear the words I'm saying But not the hurt at all Pre-Chorus There's a storm behind my eyes That nobody recognizes Chorus These silent cries Echo through the darkest nights Tears I never let them see Still fall inside of me And every "I'm okay" Feels a little more like a lie I'm carrying a thousand storms In these silent cries Verse 2 I keep the lights on late Just to avoid my thoughts Because the quiet knows the truth About everything I've lost The mirror sees the exhaustion The weight I try to hide But every morning I get up And keep it all inside Pre-Chorus Sometimes strength looks like surviving One more day of trying Chorus These silent cries Echo through the darkest nights Tears I never let them see Still fall inside of me And every "I'm okay" Feels a little more like a lie I'm carrying a thousand storms In these silent cries Post-Chorus Whoa-oh-oh, nobody knows Whoa-oh-oh, how deep it goes Bridge Maybe one day I won't have to pretend Maybe healing starts when honesty begins Maybe the heart can learn to mend Without forgetting where it's been Final Chorus These silent cries Don't define my life They're just proof that I have loved And lost something worth missing And though the pain still lingers Like a shadow in my mind I'm learning how to live beside These silent cries Outro Still healing inside Silent cries
