Quiet Crime

The silence cuts deeper than knives,

I’m choking on the ghost of our lies.

Your picture’s still burning my eyes,

But I can’t feel you here tonight.

Every promise turned to smoke,

Every word you left was broke.

I can’t carry what you gave,

Love’s just ashes on your grave.

I buried all the words you said,

They’re haunting me inside my head,

Love feels like a quiet crime,

And I can’t tell if you’re still mine.

Your shadow is a chain I can’t break,

I’m bleeding from the choices we made.

I scream, but it just fades away,

Like echoes in an empty space.

If I close my eyes, you’re there,

Breathing poison in the air.

If I let you go, I’ll drown,

But I can’t keep you around.

I buried all the words you said,

They’re haunting me inside my head,

Love feels like a quiet crime,

And I can’t tell if you’re still mine.