Didn’t Ask

[Verse]
I thought you would notice
The things I stopped saying
The way I went quiet
When something felt wrong
I kept waiting for you
To read what I meant
Instead of just saying it
Out loud all along

[Pre-Chorus]
I called it patience
I called it trust
But silence grows heavy
When you leave too much

[Chorus]
I didn’t ask
For what I needed
I didn’t speak
When it mattered most
I didn’t ask
I just expected
You to see
What I never showed

[Verse]
I let things slide
So nothing would start
I chose the calm
Over being honest
Now I’m standing here
With all this distance
Built out of words
I never said

[Pre-Chorus]
There’s a difference
Between being strong
And slowly disappearing
Just to get along

[Final Chorus]
I didn’t ask
And now I see it
This part of the silence
Belongs to me
I didn’t ask
I kept it inside
And what I needed
Never had a chance to be

[Outro]
Sometimes the distance
Is something you build yourself

Dark Blues-Rock • Modern Americana • Emotional Alternative, male vocal, cinemati, studio