Burning Underneath

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