Quiet Between the Cracks

[Verse 1]
I parked outside the old brick church
But I never killed the engine
Watch the steeple cut the sky
Like it’s got your full attention
My coffee’s gone
My doubts still burn
I count the cracks along the curb
Half a prayer stuck in my teeth
Half a curse you never heard
[Chorus]
Are you there in the quiet between the cracks?
‘Cause I’m screaming your name
And it just throws back
If I tear out this faith
Will there be anything left?
I’m still swinging at a shadow
That I can’t resurrect
Are you there
Are you there
In the quiet between the cracks? (answer me)
[Verse 2]
I used to sleep with verses taped
To the ceiling of my room
Now the pages curl and yellow
Like the promises you moved
They told me “trust
It’s all a plan”
But their comfort felt like glass
I keep choking on the reasons
You keep hiding in the past
[Chorus]
Are you there in the quiet between the cracks?
‘Cause I’m screaming your name
And it just throws back
If I tear out this faith
Will there be anything left?
I’m still swinging at a shadow
That I can’t resurrect
Are you there
Are you there
In the quiet between the cracks? (are you listening?)
[Bridge]
[Music drops to almost silence
Drums on rims
Distant guitar swells]
I am not your perfect patient
I am not your quiet sheep
I am bile and bitter questions
I am rusted
Losing sleep
If you built me in your image
Does your image feel this small?
Then why do I feel abandoned
Every time I start to fall
[Breakdown]
(hey!)
Say something
Say something
Before I walk away
If you’re anything
If you’re anyone
You better break this gray
My throat is torn
My hands are raw
From beating on this hollow door
If you’re there
Then bleed like I bleed
Or I can’t believe anymore
[Chorus]
Are you there in the quiet between the cracks?
‘Cause I’m screaming your name
And it just throws back
If I tear out this faith
Will there be anything left?
I’m still swinging at a shadow
That I can’t resurrect
Are you there
Are you there
In the quiet between the cracks? (answer me)
[Outro]
[Band crashes out
Last line nearly acapella]
I parked outside the old brick church
Killed the engine
Left the key in the mat

rock, Hard emo rock with male vocals; tense, palm‑muted guitars under hushed verses that explode into wide, melodic choruses with soaring cleans over open chords. Screamed doubles and call‑and‑response lines in the hook, tom‑heavy drums in the build, crash‑ridden choruses. Bridge drops to almost a whisper then surges into layered screams and octave leads for a cathartic final refrain., wrestling, soaring, emo, raw