Quiet Strength as Silent Timber
(Verse 1)
The evening settles like a heavy hand
Across the fractures of this tired land
The television throws a neon glare
And voices argue in the crowded square
But in the corner where the shadows fall
You sit in silence up against the wall
No grand dynamic or theatrical plea
Just steady breathing like a rising sea
(Chorus)
They make their progress with a battle cry
They build their monuments to touch the sky
But there’s a power in an unspoken word
A deeper currents that is seldom heard
Like silent timber in an ancient wood
You stood your ground exactly where you stood
It’s not the lightning or the thunder rolling long
It is the quiet strength that keeps us strong
(Verse 2)
You don’t go reaching for a silver blade
To cut a pathway through the traps they made
You don’t go crying to the passerby
To show the bruises where the arrows fly
Instead you gather up the broken glass
And watch the fury of the moment pass
You mend the borders of your inner peace
And let the noise of the division cease
(Chorus)
They make their progress with a battle cry
They build their monuments to touch the sky
But there’s a power in an unspoken word
A deeper currents that is seldom heard
Like silent timber in an ancient wood
You stood your ground exactly where you stood
It’s not the lightning or the thunder rolling long
It is the quiet strength that keeps us strong
(Bridge)
Let them scream until their throats run dry
Let them capture every shifting eye
For iron hardens in a cold retreat
And victories are born in slow defeat
The loudest voice is often just a shell
An empty bucket in a drying well
But water runs beneath the deepest stone
Unseen, untouched, and fully on its own
(Guitar Solo / Musical Interlude)
(Chorus)
They make their progress with a battle cry
They build their monuments to touch the sky
But there’s a power in an unspoken word
A deeper currents that is seldom heard
Like silent timber in an ancient wood
You stood your ground exactly where you stood
It’s not the lightning or the thunder rolling long
It is the quiet strength that keeps us strong
(Outro)
The room goes dark now
The voices fade away
Nothing left to prove
Nothing left to say
Just the steady heart
Just the open hand
A quiet strength
Still standing on the land