The Weight of Grace (DꖾS)

#societal_expectations #smiling_through_strain #invisible_scars #quiet_burdens #calm_is_not_weakness © 2025, lyrics & arrangement by Sashariel Project: DIVIDED HORIZONS (DꖾS) (Web: divided-horizons.de) Album: ALL WE GIVE (EP) Track #1: THE WEIGHT OF GRACE [VERSE 1] I keep my calm where others break, and call it grace because it looks like faith. Every smile a quiet shield, every breath a held escape. They see control, they call it peace, but peace can wound when it never sleeps. I stand so still the world moves on, and call that strength when I’m barely strong. [PRE-CHORUS] They call it grace, but it feels like weight. They see the calm, not what it takes. [CHORUS] The weight of grace, it keeps my hands from shaking. I stay composed while something keeps breaking. Stillness hurts in ways they can’t replace. It looks like peace, but it’s only the weight of grace. [VERSE 2] I laugh so they don’t hear the ache, speak soft so silence won’t awake. They love the light that hides the scar, the gentle tone that masks the war. Every calm I wear for show is just the part I let them know. Inside the quiet burns too bright, I dim it down to stay polite. [PRE-CHORUS] They call it faith, I call it strain. They call it calm, but it’s just contained. [CHORUS 2] The weight of grace, it keeps my heart from screaming. I stand tall, but I’m only dreaming. Stillness aches like echoes I can’t chase. It looks like peace, but it’s only the weight of grace. [BRIDGE] Maybe grace was never mercy. Maybe peace was just disguise. Still, there’s something almost holy in learning how to rise. So I breathe and let it hold me, not to suffer, not to fight. Just to feel the gentle pressure of staying human through the night. [FINAL CHORUS] The weight of grace, it pulls me under slowly. I smile enough so no one really knows me. Stillness aches where fire used to blaze. It looks like peace... the weight of grace.