Tears will fall

• [Soft piano

• Ambient pads

• Light heartbeat-style drums

• Subtle echo on vocals]

• [Verses: soft, fragile

• Chorus: emotional, vulnerable

• Bridge: almost breaking voice]

[Sitting on the bathroom floor.

Phone in hand.

Lights off.]

I smile when they ask if I’m okay

I nod like I don’t feel the weight

But when the door shuts behind me

Everything comes crashing in

I stare at the walls, lose track of time

Thoughts in my head, none of them kind

I tell myself I’ll be alright

But I don’t believe it tonight

No one hears me when I cry

I keep it all locked up inside

Tears are falling down my face

In this empty, quiet place

I don’t know how to say

That I’m not okay

Tears are falling, don’t know why

I just feel so tired inside

I’m still breathing, still holding on

But the tears keep falling

I scroll through my phone, nobody knows

How close I am to feeling low

I don’t wanna be a burden

So I carry this alone

I pray, but the words feel thin

Like they don’t reach where I am

I know I’m not forsaken

But it still hurts like I am

No one hears me when I cry

I keep it all locked up inside

Tears are falling down my face

In this empty, quiet place

I don’t know how to say

That I’m not okay

Tears are falling, don’t know why

I just feel so tired inside

I’m still breathing, still holding on

But the tears keep falling

I don’t wanna disappear

I just want this pain to clear

I don’t need a perfect life

I just wanna feel alright

Tears are falling, let them fall

Maybe that’s how I let go

Even broken, even small

I’m still here, I’m still whole

Tears are falling…

But I’m still holding on