[Verse 1] I learned to hide between the lines Keep all feelings out of sight If no one knows the war inside Then maybe I’ll be alright I got good at swallowing words And letting silence speak for me I kept the pieces of my story Locked deep where no one could see I wore silence like a shield Thought it would keep me strong But every secret that I buried Was another weight I carried on [Pre-Chorus] But there was something underneath A voice I couldn’t make stay quiet A part of me that still believed Maybe I didn’t have to fight it I thought the truth would be the thing That would finally make me fall But maybe being honest Wasn't breaking me at all [Chorus] I thought silence kept me safe [kept me safe…] Like if I spoke, it all would break But I said it out loud, let it escape And I was still standing in the wake All the pieces I was hiding All the battles underneath I finally let somebody see They saw more than the broken pieces of me [Verse 2] I stood there with my guard still raised With every reason not to speak Holding onto all the pieces That I thought were making me weak But when I finally let them out (let it out) When I stopped saying I was fine I found the strength I’d been chasing Was waiting on the other side [Bridge] *(strip this back — almost no layers)* I spent so long believing I was better off unseen But the truth I tried to bury Was the part that set me free I thought if they saw everything There’d be nothing left of me But all I really lost Was who I pretended to be [Final Chorus] I know silence never kept me safe [never kept me safe…] Like I thought if I spoke, it all would break But I said it out loud, let it escape And I was still standing in the wake All the pieces I was hiding All the battles underneath I finally let somebody see They saw more than the broken pieces of me Outro It's what I didn’t say It's what I didn’t say It's what I didn’t say
