[Male 1:] I’ve been holding back the words like they’re burning in my throat, Every truth I tried to swallow only made the pressure grow, I’ve been walking through the days like I’m barely even here, Trying not to let the quiet turn into another fear. [Male 2:] You keep acting like you’re fine but I can hear you breaking down, All the things you never say are getting way too loud, You think hiding all your cracks is gonna keep you in control, But the silence that you’re clinging to is swallowing you whole. [Male 1 & Male 2:] I didn’t want to burden you, You never had to try, I thought if I stayed quiet— You’d just fade out of sight. [Female:] I can hear you even when you never make a sound, I can feel the weight you’re carrying trying to pull you down, You don’t have to face the breaking or the darkness on your own, So I’m saying what you couldn’t say alone. [Male 1:] I’ve been trying not to crumble but I’m shaking in my bones, I don’t know how to say it, I’ve been scared to be exposed. [Male 2:] You don’t have to force the healing or pretend you’re doing fine, You don’t have to chase the sunrise just to prove you’re still alive. [Female:] You don’t have to be the strong one every time the world caves in, You don’t have to keep pretending that you’re made of iron skin. [All:] I can hear you even when you never make a sound, I’m not scared of what will happen when the truth comes out, We can hold the weight together, we don’t have to stand alone, So I’m saying what I couldn’t say alone. [Male 1:] I’ve been breaking in the quiet— [Male 2:] I’ve been shouting in the dark— [Female:] I’ve been waiting for the moment we could finally fall apart— [All:] And rebuild from every shattered piece we’ve known. [All:] I can hear you even when you never make a sound, I’m not scared of what will happen when the truth comes out, We can hold the weight together, we don’t have to stand alone, So I’m saying what I couldn’t say alone.
