Quiet like this III

They think silence mean empty

Nah, it’s crowded in here

Every scar got a voice

I just don’t let it steer

I learned early—

Noise lie loud

Stillness don’t

Pressure taught me how to stand

When I won’t

Heart stay steady when the walls press in

I don’t fold for the storm

I let it live

Every doubt tried to name me weak

I wrote back slow

Let the echo speak

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(Drums thicken, guitar swells under restraint)

If I break, it won’t be messy

If I burn, it’ll be clean

No fists in the air

Just a line in the sand

Where I stand

Where I mean

I don’t scream for attention

I don’t beg to be seen

I survive in the pause

Between the “was” and the “been”

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I’m lonely

But I like it quiet like this

Yeah, I like it

Found strength where the volume ends

No fear in the empty space

I’m lonely

But I like it quiet like this

Yeah, I like it

Let the silence shape my name

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(Everything drops—one guitar, breath close)

If peace ever leaves me

It won’t say goodbye

It’ll just stop asking

Why