Cease to Sing

[Intro] Here I am... Just me. Understanding the game. Knowing what's next. Ready to explain. Whether the siren can or cannot be tamed... Doesn't matter anymore. I'm still just waiting to see... If the siren will cease to sing. [Verse 1] The one with the "biggest heart." The one who "cares too much." The one who's always sorry after everything erupts. I heard every reason. I believed every plea. But underneath that beautiful voice... Did you ever care for me? Not the sailor. Not the chase. Not the way I looked at you. Me. The one who stayed when staying hurt. The one who tried to see you through. [Pre-Chorus] Because you sang to me so beautifully... I almost missed the question haunting every melody: Was I someone that you loved? Or someone who believed? [Chorus] I was the one you kept. The one you chose. The one you pulled closest when the whole world froze. The one who spoke of hope when you couldn't find your own. The one who sat beside you when you couldn't stand alone. So I don't need another song. I don't need another plea. I just need to know— When you held onto me... Were you holding me? [Verse 2] Maybe sirens aren't tamed. Maybe sailors aren't saved. Maybe people are just people making choices while afraid. Maybe all those pretty words were the only way you knew To say something almost honest without letting it be true. And maybe somewhere underneath everything we put each other through... There really was a heart that didn't know what the hell to do. [Pre-Chorus] So you don't have to sing now. There's nobody left to fool. There's no sailor in the water trying to prove his love to you. I'm standing on my own feet. And I'm finally asking you: When there was nothing left to gain... Was any of it true? [Chorus] I was the one you kept. The one you chose. The one you embraced most when nobody else came close. The one who spoke of hope. The one who still believed. The one who heard your darkest song and listened underneath. But I won't call it love just because I didn't leave. If you truly cared for me... Then cease to sing. And speak to me. [Bridge] No riddles. No waves. No beautiful escape. No "I'm sorry" when you're frightened of the consequences we face. No biggest heart. No caring too much. No story about why everything you touch becomes too much. Just tell me something only truth can bring: Who was I to you... when you weren't singing? [Break] Because I know who you were to me. I don't have to rewrite that. I loved you. I saw you. I chose you. And whatever happens next... I can live with that. [Final Chorus] I was the one you kept. The one you chose. The one who watched the tide come in and still offered you hope. But now the ocean's quiet. And I'm not begging you to speak. I'm waiting to discover whether silence sets us free. Because if that heart is really everything you said it'd be... You don't have to sing another beautiful lie to keep me. Come without the siren. Come without the sea. Come without the story. Come honestly. And if you cannot... I'll finally know what your answer means. [Outro] Here I am. Just me. No sailor left to play. No siren left to tame. No need to explain. I already know what I gave. Now I'm waiting to see... when there's no song left between us... whether the one I chose... ever truly chose me.