Quiet after the storm

Verse 1
I used to wake up wired and shaking
Heart like a siren I couldn’t outrun
Every morning my head was racing
Now it’s silent — and I feel none

The fear that lived inside my chest
Packed its bags and disappeared
No explosion, no protest
Just a room where I can’t feel fear


Pre-Chorus
It’s not peace, it’s not relief
It’s not comfort underneath
It’s a winter in my veins
No thunder, no rain


Chorus
Where is the darkness when I’m tired of the light?
Where is the light when the black swallows sight?
Where are the stars when the sky turns to stone?
Where is my voice when I’m lost in my own?

I don’t feel love, I don’t feel pain
I don’t feel sunshine, I don’t feel rain
I’m screaming loud but it won’t remain
I’m here — but I don’t feel alive again


Verse 2
I’ve been drunk just to feel weight
Just to see if something moves
Like a balloon cut loose from fate
An empty shell with nothing to lose

I’m in love even if it burns
I distrust even when they lie
I keep waiting for panic’s return
Just to know I’m still inside


Pre-Chorus
It’s not calm, it’s not okay
It’s urgency with no display
It’s a quiet, frozen scream
Waking up inside a dream


Chorus
Where is the darkness when I’m tired of the light?
Where is the light when the black swallows sight?
Where are the stars when the clouds turn back?
Where is the ground when I start to crack?

I don’t feel love, I don’t feel shame
I don’t feel fire, I don’t feel flame
I’d restart, erase my name
But you can’t undo what made you the same


Bridge (softer, intimate)
Maybe this numb is a nervous truce
Maybe my heart just pulled the fuse
After running too long in red
It shut the power down instead

If you’re out there feeling this
Like the world’s a fog you can’t resist
You’re not broken, you’re not alone
Sometimes silence is overgrown


Final Chorus (slightly shifted)
Where is the darkness? Where is the light?
Why does surviving feel like a fight?
If you can hear this, hold on tight
We’re still here in the quiet night

I don’t feel love, I don’t feel pain
But I’m still breathing through the rain
If you feel nothing — sing my name
We’re not gone. We’re just in between.

Acoustic, rock, emotional, metal, male