Still water

I learned how to whisper my pain

So no one would hear it scream

I smile like nothing’s broken

While I’m tearing at the seams

I sleep with the lights on

Afraid of my own head

Every thought is a loaded gun

Every word I never said

Pre-Chorus

I don’t need your pity

I don’t need your prayers

I just need the silence

To stop pulling out my hair

Chorus

I’m calm like the ocean before it attacks

Still water, deep cuts in my back

I don’t raise my voice, I don’t fight back

But I remember every crack

I’m quiet, I’m shaking, I’m losing control

With my hands clenched tight and my heart made of stone

I won’t beg, I won’t bleed on the floor

But don’t mistake my peace for mercy anymore

Verse 2

You taught me how to doubt myself

With a smile and a gentle lie

You called it love, I called it hell

Watched my innocence slowly die

I carry anger like a secret

Hidden deep under my skin

It doesn’t shout, it doesn’t move

But it’s patient… it will win

Chorus

I’m calm like the ocean before it attacks

Still water, deep cuts in my back

I don’t raise my voice, I don’t fight back

But I remember every crack

I’m quiet, I’m shaking, I’m losing control

With my hands clenched tight and my heart made of stone

I won’t beg, I won’t bleed on the floor

But don’t mistake my peace for mercy anymore

Bridge

One day I’ll walk away

Without a sound, without a scene

And you’ll feel the weight

Of everything I didn’t scream

Outro

I’m not healed

I’m not okay

I just learned how to survive this way

So when I’m silent, when I stay still

Know it’s not weakness

It’s will