A whisper of hope

I hide beneath these sleeves again,

Pretend nobody knows where I’ve been.

There’s a war underneath my skin,

And I don’t know how to make it end.

I scream so quietly in my room,

Watching shadows swallow up the moon.

Everybody says that it gets better,

But I can’t feel it anymore.

Pre-Chorus

And I’m so tired of pretending

That I’m stronger than I am,

I’m holding pieces of myself

In the palm of my hands.

Chorus

I’ve been cutting through the silence,

Trying to quiet what’s inside.

Every wound became a secret

That I carried late at night.

I keep begging for a reason

Not to disappear completely,

But when hope feels like a stranger,

I don’t know if it still sees me.

I’m so tired, I’m so empty—

But somehow, I’m still here.

Verse 2

I wish somebody saw the signs,

The way I disappear sometimes.

I laugh so no one asks me questions,

Then fall apart when I’m alone.

I don’t want to be a burden,

So I bury every word.

But the things I never say

Are the things that hurt the worst.

Pre-Chorus

And I don’t need somebody

To tell me I’ll be fine.

I just need somebody

To sit with me tonight.

Chorus

I’ve been cutting through the silence,

Trying to quiet what’s inside.

Every wound became a secret

That I carried late at night.

I keep begging for a reason

Not to disappear completely,

But when hope feels like a stranger,

I don’t know if it still sees me.

I’m so tired, I’m so empty—

But somehow, I’m still here.

Bridge — quiet, almost whispered

Maybe I don’t have to heal tonight,

Maybe breathing is enough.

Maybe I can put the hurt down

Without believing I’m giving up.

Maybe someone would stay beside me

If I finally let them in.

Maybe this isn’t where my story

Has to end.

Final Chorus — bigger

I’ve been lost inside the darkness,

But the darkness isn’t all of me.

There’s a part I’m still protecting,

Even when I cannot see.

And if hope is just a whisper,

I’ll hold on to that tonight.

I don’t have to love tomorrow,

I just have to make it through tonight.

I’m still hurting, I’m still breaking—

But somehow, I’m still here.

Outro

Maybe that’s enough for now.

Maybe being here

Is the beginning.