The Less They Know

[Verse] The more they watch, the less they see A shadow is not the heart of me They count my steps, they read my face But never touch my hidden place They build their charts, they draw their lines They search for cracks, they hunt for signs But I move calm through smoke and glow The closer they get, the less they know [Chorus] The less they know, the more I rise A quiet fire behind my eyes They chase my name through dark and snow But still they know, they know, they know The less they know, the more I breathe No borrowed mask, no need to please They watch the waves, not what they show But still they know, they know, they know [Verse] They think my silence hides a plan They call me cold, they call me strange But peace is not a secret war It is the key behind my door I do not bend to fit their frame I do not dance inside their game They want a fear they can control But calm is stronger than their hold [Chorus] The less they know, the more I rise A quiet fire behind my eyes They chase my name through dark and snow But still they know, they know, they know The less they know, the more I breathe No borrowed mask, no need to please They watch the waves, not what they show But still they know, they know, they know [Verse] My boundaries stand like walls of stone Not built from hate, but built from home I choose the doors, I hold the key No hungry gaze can capture me They hear my quiet, fill the space With stories made from empty trace But truth will not become their toy My stillness steals their stolen joy [Bridge] I am not a code to break I am not a mask to take I am not the fear they need I am not the wound they feed I am depth beneath the light I am calm inside the night I am change they cannot track I move forward, never back [Chorus] The less they know, the more I rise A quiet fire behind my eyes They chase my name through dark and snow But still they know, they know, they know The less they know, the more I breathe No borrowed mask, no need to please They watch the waves, not what they show But still they know, they know, they know [Outro] Let them watch the glass and stone They will never own my soul I will grow where winds don’t blow The less they know, they know, they know