Soft When It’s Quiet

You only sound honest

When everything’s quiet

You don’t say much in the daytime

Keep it light, keep it surface

But when the world slows down at night

That’s when you start to show it

You let things slip you won’t repeat

In the morning when you’re sober

Like there’s a version of you

That only shows when it’s over

I don’t know which one is real

The one I hear or what you conceal

You get soft when it’s quiet

Say things you don’t stand by

Then you wake up and hide it

Like it never crossed your mind

You get close for a moment

Then you drift out of sight

I don’t know who you are

When it’s loud or when it’s quiet

I stopped asking for clarity

Stopped needing explanations

You don’t even see the shift

That came from all the waiting

I learned more from what you don’t say

Than anything you told me

Silence paints a clearer picture

Of what you never showed me

I don’t chase what fades away

I just let it say what it says

You get soft when it’s quiet

Say things you don’t stand by

Then you wake up and hide it

Like it never crossed your mind

You get close for a moment

Then you drift out of sight

I don’t know who you are

When it’s loud or when it’s quiet

If I heard you in the daylight

Would it sound the same?

Or is honesty something

You only say halfway

You get soft when it’s quiet

But it don’t hold weight

I’m not living for moments

That you don’t recreate

You get close for a second

Then you fall out of line

I don’t need what you give me

Only some of the time

I don’t wait for the quiet anymore