[Verse 1]
I used to be your warm-up act, your opening show
Pulling scarves from my sleeve just to watch your light glow
You'd cry at the Golden Buzzers, say the world still had magic left
Now I'm standing on a stage alone, of all the stages we have left
I sang off-key in the kitchen, made a fool just to hear you breathe
Did every impression, every bad trick up my sleeve
But some dark water runs too deep for a fool to swim
I was so busy performing, I couldn't see you drowning in him—
In the silence, in the silence
[Chorus]
Now I'm voiceless, screaming at the walls you left behind
Voiceless, singing to a bed where you used to lie
I promised you forever, but forever didn't know
That the girl who believed in underdogs was fighting one alone
I'm voiceless, voiceless
With a heart too loud to hold
[Verse 2]
Your good days were summer, your bad days were mines I'd walk through
Carrying my one-man show, hoping this bit would get through
You'd laugh like breaking daylight, throw your head back and say "stop"
Now I practice lines in empty rooms where the punchlines never drop
I should've called your mother, should've driven through the night
Should've been the help you needed instead of just the light
That made you smile when you could, when the darkness would allow
But I was so damn sure my love was strong enough somehow
To reach you, to reach you
[Chorus]
Now I'm voiceless, screaming at the walls you left behind
Voiceless, singing to a bed where you used to lie
I promised you forever, but forever didn't know
That the girl who believed in underdogs was fighting one alone
I'm voiceless, voiceless
With a heart too loud to hold
[Bridge]
Oh, baby — I still watch them without you
The nervous ones, the shaking ones, the ones with nothing but hope
I root for them like you taught me, but the magic's just a mirror
Of a girl who saw the good in everyone
Except the one behind her own eyes
And I can't forgive the Tuesday
Can't forgive the quiet in that door
Can't forgive myself for thinking love was louder than the war
You were fighting
[Final Chorus]
I'm voiceless, screaming at the walls you left behind
Voiceless, singing to a bed where you used to lie
You said everyone deserves someone in their corner
But who was in yours when the lights went down?
I'm voiceless, voiceless
With your name the only sound
[Outro]
Voiceless... voiceless...
But I promise you, my love
If there's a stage beyond this one
I'm saving you a seat
Right there in that perfect groove
Where you carved out six years
Of believing in the broken
I'll be waiting
I'll be waiting
Not voiceless
Just learning how to sing again
For both of us