You like it better When I don’t speak Makes you feel taller Makes me look weak You call it peace I call it done You think you won Because I stopped I used to answer Every little thing Turn myself inside out Just to make you listen Now I let the room Stay exactly as it is You can fill the quiet With whatever story fits Don’t mistake quiet For changing my mind Don’t call it mercy Just because I’m kind Don’t read my silence Like I agree Don’t make a story Out of what you need I stopped explaining That’s all it is Don’t read my silence Like forgiveness Don’t read my silence Like I forgot Some things go quiet Before they stop I stopped explaining That’s all it is Don’t read my silence Like forgiveness You keep on talking Like I’m still there Like every answer Still needs your care Like if you say it One more time I’ll bend the truth To make it mine But I learned something You never did Not every ending Needs to make a scene Not every door Needs to slam to close Sometimes I just leave Before you even know Don’t mistake distance For waiting on you Don’t call it healing Because I’m not bruised Don’t read my silence Like I agree Don’t make a story Out of what you need I stopped explaining That’s all it is Don’t read my silence Like forgiveness Don’t read my silence Like I forgot Some things go quiet Before they stop I stopped explaining That’s all it is Don’t read my silence Like forgiveness I heard enough I said enough I gave enough Of me away So if I’m calm Don’t call it love Some things get quiet When they change Don’t read my silence Like I came back Don’t call it healing Just because I’m calm I stopped explaining That’s all it is Don’t read my silence Like forgiveness Don’t read my silence Like I still care About the version You keep leaving there I stopped explaining That’s all it is Don’t read my silence Like forgiveness You can keep talking I’m not answering Not this time
