[Verse 1]
Now let me talk it through with you
I don’t usually open wounds, I just move,
Smile stitched tight, pain tucked out of view,
I been bleeding quietly, how ‘bout you?
Days blur together, nights stretch thin,
Wide awake fighting thoughts I’m buried in,
I mastered showing up while fading inside,
Learned how to breathe while dead in my mind.
I walk past mirrors like I owe ‘em money,
Can’t stand eye contact, feels too confronting,
Crowds feel loud even when they’re silent,
Every stare feels sharp, every breath feels violent.
I keep my head down, hoodie up tight,
So nobody asks if I’m losing the fight,
I don’t want saving, don’t want advice,
Just want the noise in my chest to go quiet.
[Chorus]
Going through life, living in a daze,
Avoiding the crowds, ignoring everybody’s gaze,
I wander through the world and it’s all a blurry haze,
Counting through the reasons,
Listing all the ways
That I lost it,
Not proud to admit
That I shoulda quit,
Sometimes, you just gotta walk away.
Yeah, I disappear just to keep my shape,
Sometimes staying hurts more than escape.
[Verse 2]
I stayed too long where I wasn’t okay,
Called it loyalty, called it “I’ll be fine someday,”
I wore exhaustion like a badge of pride,
Let it eat me alive from the inside.
I told myself pain was part of the deal,
That breaking down meant I wasn’t real,
But there’s a difference between being strong
And letting the damage go on too long.
I been drowning slow in familiar water,
Afraid to leave ‘cause it felt like failure,
But every night I felt a little less me,
Like I was shrinking just to keep the peace.
I replay moments I should’ve left,
Every ignored red flag etched in my chest,
I don’t regret love, I regret neglect—
Of myself when I needed me best.
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
Sometimes walking away ain’t weakness,
It’s choosing to live with what’s left of you,
You don’t owe your soul to every season,
Some doors close ‘cause they’re killing you.
I didn’t quit ‘cause I couldn’t endure,
I left ‘cause surviving started to hurt more.
[Verse 3]
Now I’m learning how to sit with the quiet,
It’s uncomfortable, but at least it’s honest,
No more forcing smiles I don’t believe in,
No more staying just to stop the bleeding.
I still hurt, yeah, I still feel lost,
Still pay for decisions, still count the cost,
But I breathe a little easier each step back,
Turns out peace don’t come from staying cracked.
They won’t understand why I had to go,
They didn’t hear the thoughts I live with alone,
I don’t need approval, I needed relief,
Needed distance so I wouldn’t completely break.
If I vanish, it’s not to punish you,
It’s to save the parts I was losing too,
Sometimes the bravest thing you say
Is knowing when to walk away.
[Chorus]
Mr_Mundy
