[Verse 1]
There were nights I counted bruises
In a mirror I didn’t know
There were words that dug like knives
And made a stranger of my home
I was told to keep on smiling
Told to never make a sound
But silence is a prison
And it nearly took me down
[Verse 2]
There’s a kind of love that kills you
With a voice that sounds like care
And a hand that says it’s teaching
While it leaves you gasping air
You were always standing near me
Like a lighthouse in a storm
But I never meant to vanish
I just needed to be warm
[Chorus]
Some things you never say out loud
Some pain you only write in songs
But I promise you I’m still me
Even though I’m long gone
I’m not angry, I’m not bitter
But I had to walk away
To find the kind of love
That doesn’t ask me to obey
I never meant to leave you lonely
Never meant to hide my face
But some things you never say…
Till you’re far enough away
[Verse 3]
I’ve forgiven what they did to me
Even if they never will
There’s peace in letting go
Of hands that only meant to kill
But I still carry shadows
And I still flinch at certain tones
And I’m sorry that I couldn’t
Bring the truth back home
[Chorus]
Some things you never say out loud
Some wounds you only show in time
But I promise I remember
Every way you tried to fight
I’m not broken, I’m not hiding
I’m just living day by day
And praying you’ll believe me
If I ever get to say
That I miss the way you held me
Like the world would fall apart
And I never stopped needing
The safety of your heart
[Bridge]
You were always the quiet armor
The reason I believed in light
But I had to leave the battle
Before it took my life
[Final Chorus – softer, cracking voice]
Some things you never say out loud
But they still burn beneath the skin
And I hope one day you’ll see me
And you’ll know where I’ve been
I am safe now, I am healing
I am stronger than I seem
And though I walk this road in silence
You are always in my dreams
I just need you to forgive me
For the way I disappeared
I was saving what was left of me
Before I disappeared
[Outro – whispered]
Some things you never say…
But I hope you hear them now
Some things you never say…
But I’m saying them…
Somehow.
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