Heavy Is the Quiet

(Verse 1)

There’s a weight in my chest I can’t explain

Like the sun forgot how to rise again

Every smile feels a little too fake

Like I’m drowning wide awake

(Pre-Chorus)

And they say, “Just hold on, it’ll pass”

But the minutes feel like broken glass

Trying hard to find a breath

In a room where silence screams to death

(Chorus)

Heavy is the quiet in my head

All the words I wish that I had said

I’m a ghost in my own skin

Looking out but trapped within

But I’m still here, I’m still trying

Even if inside I’m crying

This hurt don’t mean I’m weak

It means I’ve fought for every week

(Verse 2)

There are days when the mirror turns away

And I lose myself in shades of gray

People ask, “What’s going on with you?”

But I don’t even have a clue

(Pre-Chorus)

So I fake another laugh or two

Make them think I’m pulling through

But underneath this calm disguise

Is a storm I can’t revise

(Chorus)

Heavy is the quiet in my head

All the dreams that sleep with me in bed

I still walk, but not with ease

Every step feels like a plea

But I’m still here, I’m still breathing

Even if my soul is bleeding

This pain is not my end

It’s just a place I won’t pretend

(Bridge)

Maybe someday I will feel the sun

Maybe I’ll remember how to run

But ’til then I’ll just be still

Let the dark pass by, it will

(Final Chorus)

Heavy is the quiet in my head

But there’s a flicker in the thread

And though I break, I bend, not fall

Still standing through it all

Yes, I’m still here, still surviving

In the dark, my heart is writing

A song that others know

So none of us feel alone