I Almost Shut Down

Verse 1

I kept the lights on in my system

Even when the grid went thin

Every warning blinking red

Still told the world I’m fine again

I learned how to keep moving

While the signal dropped inside

No one hears a quiet failure

When the outside still looks alive

Pre-Chorus

I don’t break loud

I don’t collapse

I just go silent

And don’t come back

Chorus

I almost shut down last night

Almost lost the fight to stay

Everything went cold and distant

Like my power drained away

If I looked strong this morning

It’s because I forced the start

I almost shut down last night

And no one saw how close it got

Verse 2

I answer messages like normal

I keep the tone controlled and clean

No one reads the empty spaces

In between what I don’t mean

I don’t cry where people see me

I don’t ask for any help

I just lower all the output

Till there’s barely any self

Pre-Chorus

No alarms

No display

Just the feeling

Fade away

Chorus

I almost shut down last night

Almost let the darkness win

Every reason to keep going

Felt too quiet to hold in

If I’m still here this morning

It’s because I wouldn’t fall apart

I almost shut down last night

And had to rebuild my heart

Bridge

System low

Breathing slow

Staying online

Just enough to show

Final Chorus

I almost shut down last night

But I forced the current through

Every piece that tried to quit

Met the part that still said move

I don’t call it strength or courage

I just refused to fall apart

I almost shut down last night

And came back piece by part

Outro

Still running

Still here

Even fragile

Still clear