Lyrics

Some stories start with a door opening
a quiet step slowly unfolding
Some start almost silently
with a hidden truth beside of me

Morning hums the way it always does
coffee brews some families are close
Some don’t know how to cope
some have lost all hope
Footsteps fade along a road
the sound of a broken home
If you never ask if someone’s okay
you won’t see how some are afraid

There are wars no one can see
some learn some never get to be free
Some hide the fear behind their eyes
and in the dark they hear the cries

Nothing said aloud
but the silence screams right now
Some are loud some are quiet
still the truth is buried down
Every smile a practiced disguise
every hurt they justify
It’s a silent plea
for someone to finally see
what’s never said aloud

Some are taught to hold their tongue
some are taught to hide it when they’re young
Some hide their fear inside
just to stay alive
Yet some can see the fear in their eyes
and all they do is tell the lies

I learned how to listen for danger
I learned how to stay a stranger
so no one will see the pain
so I disappear again
I learned how to make myself smaller
so all their voices won’t sound louder
So don’t look for me in the shadows
no one sees me in the windows

If I’m quiet I won’t break
If you’re quiet you’re safe
If I vanish I won’t hurt
If you disappear it works

Nothing said aloud
but the silence screams right now
Some are loud some are quiet
still the truth is buried down
Every smile a practiced disguise
every hurt they justify
It’s a silent plea
for someone to finally see
what’s never said aloud

Someone is listening
Someone is whispering
Someone believes there’s more than this

I don’t know if that’s true
but I hope I’ll see you

This is a story left untold
this is a story where some don’t grow old
This is a story of a broken soul
this is a story learning to be whole
We survive