Burning Underneath
Verse 1
I've been silent for so long
Thought that stillness made me strong
But the quiet has a weight
And I've been drowning in its ache
Pre-Chorus
The ground is shaking
Something's breaking
Rising from what I can't say
Chorus
I'm burning underneath the surface
Tried to bury it but what's the purpose
Every feeling I pushed down is coming up now
Lava in my veins, I'm finally breaking ground
I'm erupting, I'm erupting
Nothing left to hold me down
Verse 2
You never meant to stay I know
I just forgot to let you go
Watered dead things hoping still
That love could grow where love never will
Pre-Chorus
The ground is shaking
Something's breaking
Rising from what I can't say
Chorus
I'm burning underneath the surface
Tried to bury it but what's the purpose
Every feeling I pushed down is coming up now
Lava in my veins, I'm finally breaking ground
I'm erupting, I'm erupting
Nothing left to hold me down
*BREAKDOWN*
Bridge
Daddy never stayed, mama looked through me
Grew up in a house full of silence dressed as home
Learned to make myself small so no one would worry
Became so good at disappearing I forgot I wasn't gone
Gave my trust to someone who already knew they'd leave me
Smiled through the unraveling so they'd think I was okay
And somewhere in the grieving I stopped knowing how to feel things
Just numbness where the pain was, day after day
Outro
So if you ever wonder why I shake, why I shatter
Why the tears turn to rage and I push the good things away
Just know every crack has a story behind it
A child who just needed someone to hold their hand