Selective Silence

[Verse 1]
You were fluent in my flinches
Read my face like scripture
Tugging on my every twitch
Like a marionette picture
Now it’s dead air on the line
You pace holes in your room
Every second I don’t move
Becomes your private doom
[Pre-Chorus]
You call it distant
I call it peace
You call me heartless
I call it release
[Chorus]
Feel the weight of my selective silence
Every quiet beat is breaking your control
You thought you owned the way I’d answer
Now the stillness hits you harder than I ever did before
You’re choking on the space where I once lived
My absence louder than my presence ever was
I didn’t turn to ice
I turned the filter on
You only hear the echo of what you’ve lost
[Verse 2]
You were drunk on my reactions
Fed on every little shake
Tested every boundary
Just to watch it break
Now I’m steel behind the stare
Blank screen
Steady breath
You can scream into the void
All you get is your own mess
[Pre-Chorus]
You call it changing
I call it truth
You call it cruel
I call it proof
[Chorus]
Feel the weight of my selective silence
Every quiet beat is breaking your control
You thought you owned the way I’d answer
Now the stillness hits you harder than I ever did before
You’re choking on the space where I once lived
My absence louder than my presence ever was
I didn’t turn to ice
I turned the filter on
You only hear the echo of what you’ve lost
[Breakdown]
[Drums and guitar drop to a jagged halftime groove]
You hear it now?
The buzz in your chest (hey!)
That’s the sound
Of getting less
I’m not cold
I’m just done
You don’t get
Every part of what I’ve become (woah)
[Chorus]
Feel the weight of my selective silence
Every quiet beat is breaking your control
You thought you owned the way I’d answer
Now the stillness hits you harder than I ever did before
You’re choking on the space where I once lived
My absence louder than my presence ever was
I didn’t turn to ice
I turned the filter on
You only hear the echo
Only hear the echo
Of what you’ve lost

rock, Modern hard rock with female vocals; tight palm-muted guitars in the verses, tom-heavy build into explosive half-time choruses. Big, gritty bass and live kit with crushing breakdowns, gang shouts on key lines. Second breakdown strips to vocal and drums before full-band slam, lots of air in the mix for raw attitude and dynamic shifts., hard rock