Suivial

The walls were thin but the air was still

Silence hung heavier than any will

No hands laid on, no shout to hear

But the quiet cut louder, sharp and clear

You’d look at me like I was some stranger’s child

A shadow in the corner, running wild

And every night the words would fall

Soft as a breath, but they broke my all

“You’re not mine — not really, not at all”

Pre-Chorus

I learned to breathe without making a sound

Learned my place on the cold hard ground

Kept my heart locked where you couldn’t see

But underneath it all, I was still me

Chorus

Silence was torture, silence was pain

A cage built of words you never deigned

To say out loud — but I heard them still

Every time you said I never will

Be your blood, be your kin, be the one you’d claim

I survived the quiet, I survived the shame

I am not your echo, I am not your lie

I’m still here — and I’m still alive

Verse 2

I’d sit at the table, head held low

Waiting for a kindness that never would show

A glance, a nod, anything at all

But you’d just look past me, like I was small

Like I didn’t matter, like I didn’t exist

Just a mistake that you couldn’t dismiss

And every time you said it — casual, cold

Those four little words cut right to the bone

“She isn’t my daughter — leave her alone”

Pre-Chorus

I learned to speak when no one was near

Practiced my name so I wouldn’t disappear

Kept my hope where you couldn’t find

A light in the dark that was always mine

Chorus

Silence was torture, silence was pain

A cage built of words you never deigned

To say out loud — but I heard them still

Every time you said I never will

Be your blood, be your kin, be the one you’d claim

I survived the quiet, I survived the shame

I am not your echo, I am not your lie

I’m still here — and I’m still alive

Bridge

It took me years to unlearn the fear

To believe I was worthy, that I was here

That a name doesn’t make me, and neither do you

That your silence didn’t have power — I broke on through

I am not the child you wished I’d never be

I am stronger than the things you did to me

Your words were a weapon, your silence a chain

But I’m the one who walked away — and I remain

Final Chorus (louder, raw, full emotion)

Silence was torture — but I broke free

It doesn’t own me, it doesn’t see

The woman I’ve become, the life I’ve built

Beyond the quiet and all your guilt

You can say it forever — it won’t make it true

I am not defined by the lack of you

I survived the worst that you could do

And I am still here — I am still me too

Outro (soft, quiet, powerful)

The silence is gone now

My voice is my own

I’m not your daughter…

But I am home.