[Verse 1] I stitched my silence into skin, Hoped the quiet would wear thin. Every smile was just a frame, Hiding bruises with your name. [Verse 2] I wrote down truths I couldn’t speak, Left them buried in the sheets. Every tear I drank like rain, Trying to outlive the pain. [Pre-Chorus] But no one heard me breaking slow, I was loud in ways you’ll never know. [Chorus] I needed someone who could name The ghost inside this aching flame. I needed somebody — just one face — To put my hurt in some safe place. Not to fix me, not explain, Just to give my pain a name. [Verse 3] You passed by like people do, But I carved every word from you. I tried to scream but lost the fight, So I sang my wounds into the night. [Pre-Chorus] And maybe that’s what stories do — They carry what we can’t get through. [Chorus] I needed someone who could feel That not all scars are meant to heal. I needed somebody to take the flame And put soft words around the shame. Not to promise it’d be okay — Just to see me anyway. [Bridge] If I could write it, I’d let it go, But I keep folding sorrow slow. The page is full, but I remain A weight too heavy to explain... [Final Chorus] I needed someone, not to save — Just to sit beside the wave. To say, “I see it. I know it’s there.” And let me hurt without repair. I needed someone — not to stay — But to name the hurt I couldn’t say.
