[Verse 1]
I walk in
Counting exits
Clock the room in thirty frames
Every laugh
Every side glance
Feels like thunder in my veins
I hear stories in their silence
Catch the truth behind each shrug
Carry strangers’ weather with me
Like a coat that’s always soaked
[Chorus]
It’s a quiet load
Living in my head like this
Heart tuned high
Brain in overdrive
Yeah
It cuts and it comforts
Reading every hidden line
I’m too deep in the crowd
But alone in the light
It’s a quiet load
Being built like this inside
[Verse 2]
I see patterns in their sentences
Little glitches in their smiles
Solve equations of their hurting
Before they even see the signs
I could fix it
I could say it
But I’m scared I talk too much
So I swallow every warning
Till the acid burns my gut
[Chorus]
It’s a quiet load
Living in my head like this
Heart tuned high
Brain in overdrive
Yeah
It cuts and it comforts
Reading every hidden line
I’m too deep in the crowd
But alone in the light
It’s a quiet load
Being built like this inside
[Bridge]
They say
“Man up
Stop thinking”
Like it’s just a switch to flip
Don’t know what it costs me
Just to let their sorrow sit
I’m the ocean in a teacup
Overflowing
Held so small
Too sharp
Too soft
Too watchful
I’m exhausted by it all (yeah)
[Chorus]
It’s a quiet load
Living in my head like this
Heart tuned high
Brain in overdrive
Yeah
It cuts and it comforts
Reading every hidden line
I’m too deep in the crowd
But alone in the light
It’s a quiet load
Being built like this inside
[Outro]
I’m not broken
Just wide open
Too aware for my own peace
If you ask me how I’m doing
I might answer in a breeze
But if you really sit here close
You’ll hear storms behind my eyes
It’s a quiet load I carry
Still I carry it with pride