Quiet Man

Verse 1

Footsteps lost where the shadows stay

Quiet face in the crowd all day

People talk but they never see

What the silence is doing to me

Standing back while they laugh and lie

Watching every excuse go by

All their words like a blade in skin

Little cuts stacking deep within

You don’t notice the ones who fade

On the edge where the calm is made

But the quiet keeps every scar

Every moment you pushed too far

Chorus

Quiet man in the trees tonight

Something waking beneath the light

All the whispers begin to bend

When the silence decides to end

You can run but it won’t erase

Every step that you left in place

When the calm finally breaks apart

You’ll remember the quiet heart

Verse 2

Woods get dark when the sun goes low

Cold wind carving the paths I know

Branches crack like a warning sign

Like the forest was always mine

Every laugh that I heard before

Every name that I can’t ignore

All the things that you never knew

All the anger that slowly grew

You see calm but you miss the truth

Something old waking in the roots

Something waiting to finally move

Something quiet with things to prove

Chorus

Quiet man in the trees tonight

Something waking beneath the light

All the whispers begin to bend

When the silence decides to end

You can run but it won’t erase

Every step that you left in place

When the calm finally breaks apart

You’ll remember the quiet heart

Bridge

Stillness breathing in the dark

Cold wind moving through the bark

Something shifting deep inside

Something waking I can’t hide

Chorus

Quiet man in the trees tonight

Silence turning into a bite

All the voices begin to fall

When the quiet outlasts them all

You don’t hear it until too late

When the woods seal up the gate

When the calm finally breaks its part

You’ll remember the quiet heart