[Verse 1]
You said, “Say something”
I said everything
Threw my worst words
Like knives in a ring
You blinked slow
Like you’d been here before
I kept swinging
Till I cracked the floor
Now it’s quiet in the kitchen
Broken glass, broken dishes
You’re a shadow in the doorway
I’m a storm that finally listens
[Pre-Chorus]
Who am I when I’m not loud
When I’m not right, when I’m not proud
Every truth I spit
Just poisoned me instead
[Chorus]
So I shut my mouth
’Cause my love sounds like violence
Every syllable I shout
Turns your heartbeat silent
If my tongue’s a loaded gun
I won’t make a sound
I’ll drown this fire in my lungs
So I shut my mouth
(yeah, I shut my mouth)
[Verse 2]
You said, “You don’t trust me”
I said, “You’re right”
Watched the color leave your face
Under kitchen light
All my pretty fears
Painted you as the threat
But you were only ever
Trying to catch my breath
Now I’m pacing in the hallway
Haunted by the things I said
Every echo in the drywall
Says I chose my pride instead
[Pre-Chorus]
Who am I when I can’t fix
Every crack with one cruel twist
I’ve been building all my fences
Out of sharpened sentences
[Chorus]
So I shut my mouth
’Cause my love sounds like violence
Every syllable I shout
Turns your heartbeat silent
If my tongue’s a loaded gun
I won’t make a sound
I’ll drown this fire in my lungs
So I shut my mouth
(oh, I shut my mouth)
[Bridge]
Bite down ’til I taste the rust
Choking on my righteous dust
If quiet is the price of trust
Then cut me out of my own rush
Twisted mind talking in tongues
Says “run, run, run”
But your eyes look back
Like “stay, stay, stay”
And my teeth press hard
On the words that fray
[Chorus]
So I shut my mouth
’Fore my love turns to sirens
Every syllable I shout
Sparks another silence
If my tongue’s a loaded gun
I won’t make a sound
I’d rather bleed behind my lips
Than shoot you down
So I shut my mouth
(yeah, I shut my mouth)
I shut my mouth
Before I burn us out