Verse 1 (low, controlled)
Alarm goes off, I don’t hesitate
No audience, no one to motivate
Just another day I chose to face
No shortcuts left, no easy way
Kitchen light, same routine
Different man than I’ve been
No noise now, no disguise
Just quiet work behind the eyes
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Pre-Chorus
No one claps when you hold the line
No one sees what you leave behind
But I know what it took to stay
When everything said walk away
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Chorus (big, heavy)
I don’t need a voice in the room
I don’t need a reason to move
No one’s watching what I become
But I know exactly what I’ve done
Every step, every choice I make
Every line that I didn’t break
I’m not loud, I don’t perform
I’m the pressure before the storm
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Verse 2
Same old triggers, same old pull
Different answer, different result
Not pretending it’s gone away
I just don’t let it decide my day
No distraction, no escape
I sit with it, I let it stay
Feels like weight, but it builds control
Every second I don’t fold
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Pre-Chorus
No reward for discipline
No relief for giving in
Just a line I choose to hold
Every day I get a little more
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Chorus (bigger, layered)
I don’t need a voice in the room
I don’t need a reason to move
No one’s watching what I become
But I know exactly what I’ve done
Every step, every choice I make
Every line that I didn’t break
I’m not loud, I don’t perform
I’m the pressure before the storm
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Bridge (stripped → build)
No spotlight
No praise
No one counting the days
Just me
Just time
Just learning to be alright
(build)
Not perfect
Not clean
But I’m closer than I’ve ever been
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Final Chorus (full energy)
I don’t need you to understand
I don’t need you to take my hand
I rebuilt everything I lost
And I paid every hidden cost
Every scar is a place I stayed
Every fear that I never obeyed
I’m not loud, I don’t perform
I’m the calm inside the storm
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Outro (fade / spoken tone)
No witness
No noise
Just the weight of my own choice
Greyline