Unsilenced (the voice you couldn't keep)

Unsilenced (The Voice You Couldn’t Keep)”

Verse 1

I learned to whisper, not to speak

Hide the truth inside of me

Every bruise I couldn’t show

Every “yes” that meant a “no”

Smiling like I’m doing fine

While I’m breaking every night

If I said it out loud

Would it even make a sound?

Pre-Chorus

‘Cause nobody asked, nobody stayed

I got used to being afraid

Chorus

Silence kept me safe back then

Or at least that’s what I said

If I told the truth, would I fall apart?

Or just lose what little I had left in my heart?

I was holding on to pain

Like it loved me just the same

Didn’t know how to let it go

When fear’s the only home I know

Verse 2

You held me close, then pulled away

Taught my heart to beg you to stay

Every time I tried to leave

You’d become what I would need

You showed me things I didn’t choose

Said “this is just what people do”

I felt stuck, I couldn’t move

Didn’t know what I could lose

Pre-Chorus

I spoke up once, but no one heard

Like my voice got lost in words

Chorus

Silence kept me safe back then

Or at least that’s what I said

If I told the truth, would I disappear?

Or finally see it all crystal clear?

I was holding on to pain

Like it knew me, knew my name

Didn’t know how to let it go

When fear’s the only home I know

Bridge (builds into your title)

I felt stuck inside my skin

Like I’d never win

I had no voice, even when I tried

And when I spoke… that’s when it got bad

But something’s breaking through the fear

Every word is finally clear

This is me, I’m standing here…

Unsilenced.