(Key: — Style: haunting piano ballad)
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[Verse 1] (Soft piano, single chords A minor – F – Dm – E)
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All the lights are dim, and the floorboards creak,
I whisper my thoughts, but I can’t speak.
He says he loves me — keeps me near,
But every “baby” sounds like fear.
He took my wallet, took my voice,
Now every move ain’t mine by choice.
– Friends stopped calling, I can’t explain,
– How freedom feels like ghostly chains.
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[Pre-Chorus] (Soft strings join in, vocals rise slightly – F – G – Am – E)
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There’s music outside, but I can’t go,
I hear the laughter — it cuts my soul.
He says the world don’t care for me,
But he’s the one who took the key.
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[Chorus] (Full piano chords, airy background vocals – Dm – F – Am – E)
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In this house of silence,
I breathe in violence.
He hides control behind his care,
But love shouldn’t feel like nowhere.
He keeps my money, my name, my time,
And tells me losing me’s a crime.
I’m just a shadow he designed,
In this house of silence.
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[Verse 2] (Return to soft piano, slower phrasing – A minor – F – Dm – E)
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The curtains close when the daylight hits,
He calls it peace — I call it it’s it.
Every dollar gone, every plan erased,
Every friend I had replaced.
He says I’m safe, I shouldn’t roam,
But I’ve never felt so far from home.
He calls it love when I can’t breathe,
Calls it care when he won’t let me leave.
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[Pre-Chorus] (Repeat progression – F – G – Am – E, add vocal layer)
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There’s laughter somewhere down the street,
But my heartbeat skips on repeat.
He tells me I should thank his hand,
For building this “perfect” promised land.
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[Chorus] (Full emotional delivery – Dm – F – Am – E)
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In this house of silence,
I breathe in violence.
He hides control behind his care,
But love shouldn’t feel like nowhere.
He keeps my money, my name, my time,
And tells me losing me’s a crime.
I’m just a shadow he designed,
In this house of silence.
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[Bridge] (Change to F – G – Am – Dm — add haunting vocal echo, strings swell)
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I used to dance, I used to dream,
Now quiet screams live inside me.
If freedom knocked, would I even go?
I’ve been gone so long, I don’t know.
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[Final Chorus] (Build emotionally, then drop to near silence on the final line – Dm – F – Am – E)
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In this house of silence,
I’m tired of violence.
He says it’s love, I know it’s fear,
I just want to disappear.
He keeps my body, but not my mind,
One day I’ll leave this all behind.
And he’ll be trapped with his own lies,
When I finally say goodbye.
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[Outro] (Soft piano — A minor fading to F)
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This house was never home…
Just the place he called control.
