Verse 1
I was the shadow standing quiet in the room,
A face in the corner nobody looked through.
Every good thing I gave disappeared with the day,
But the moment I broke—
every eye turned my way.
I learned pretty young how to swallow my hurt,
Wear a brave face and say that it could’ve been worse.
Invisible hands holding everyone tight,
While nobody noticed
I was losing my fight.
Pre-Chorus
No one sees the bruises underneath my skin,
The war in my chest, the noise within.
The guilt I carry that was never mine,
Still somehow I wear it
like a cross on my spine.
Chorus
Who hears my cry
when the walls close in?
Who sees the cracks
beneath this skin?
I held the weight
when everybody fell apart—
but who will hold me
when I’m falling in the dark?
I gave my hands,
my shoulders, my soul,
gave every broken piece
until there was nothing whole.
Tell me… when I’m losing light,
who hears my cry tonight?
(Harmony: soft second vocal on “Who hears my cry” / rising harmony on “losing light tonight”)
Verse 2
I was the ear for every secret and storm,
The arms around bodies trying to stay warm.
The shoulder they needed when tears overflowed,
I carried their sorrow
till it settled in my bones.
I apologised for things I never did,
For pain that was theirs, but I learned how to live with it.
I cared so deeply I started to drown
In everybody else’s tears
pulling me down.
Pre-Chorus
No one protected me when I needed a shield,
No one saw the wounds I tried not to reveal.
I learned to be silent with trauma and pain,
Now every demon I bury
keeps calling my name.
Chorus
Who hears my cry
when the walls close in?
Who sees the cracks
beneath this skin?
I held the weight
when everybody fell apart—
but who will hold me
when I’m falling in the dark?
I gave my hands,
my shoulders, my soul,
gave every broken piece
until there was nothing whole.
Tell me… when I’m losing light,
who hears my cry tonight?
(Harmony fuller here—breathy high note over “dark,” then layered vocals on “who hears my cry tonight”)
Bridge
I’m tired of being strong
when I can barely breathe.
Tired of saying “I’m okay”
while drowning underneath.
I wish somebody knew
before I had to scream,
That surviving every storm
still leaves a person weak.
Can somebody find me here?
Can somebody pull me near?
Before the silence wins—
before I disappear.
Final Chorus
Who hears my cry
when I’m breaking thin?
Who feels the ache
I’ve been trapped within?
I held the world
with shaking hands and a shattered heart,
But even the strongest souls
can come undone apart.
So if you hear me—
if you feel this too,
If you’re carrying pain
nobody sees in you—
Maybe tonight
we don’t have to hide…
Maybe somebody hears
our cry tonight.
(End with very soft harmony repeating: “hear my cry… hear my cry tonight…”)
khaia