the wight of silence

the wight of silence

[Verse 1]

I learned to smile when my heart was breaking,

To say “I'm fine” when I could barely breathe.

There were so many words I kept from saying,

So many truths I buried underneath.

I watched the people I loved slowly fading,

While I stood still, pretending to be strong.

Sometimes the hardest thing is not the leaving,

It's knowing where you once belonged.

[Pre-Chorus]

And every night when the world falls quiet,

The things I hide begin to speak.

I close my eyes, but I can't escape them,

The silence knows the parts of me.

[Chorus]

This is the weight of silence,

The words that never found a voice.

The tears I swallowed in the darkness,

The pain I carried by my choice.

This is the weight of silence,

Heavier than a thousand lies.

I could have screamed your name forever,

But some goodbyes are never said goodbye.

[Verse 2]

I kept the letters I never sent you,

And all the promises we couldn't keep.

There are memories that still remember,

Even when I try to fall asleep.

I don't blame you for the distance between us,

Maybe we both became someone new.

But there are nights I still wonder quietly,

If I had spoken, would I still have you?

[Pre-Chorus]

And every night when the world falls quiet,

The past comes knocking at my door.

I tell myself that I have moved on,

But my heart still knows what I was waiting for.

[Chorus]

This is the weight of silence,

The words that never found a voice.

The tears I swallowed in the darkness,

The pain I carried by my choice.

This is the weight of silence,

Heavier than a thousand lies.

I could have screamed your name forever,

But some goodbyes are never said goodbye.

[Bridge]

Maybe silence was my shelter,

Maybe fear was wearing my name.

I thought staying quiet would save me,

But it only taught my heart to ache.

And if tomorrow brings forgiveness,

I won't ask the past to disappear.

I'll only wish I had been honest,

When love was still standing here.

[Final Chorus]

This is the weight of silence,

The shadow of the words I couldn't say.

A lifetime hidden in a moment,

A thousand things that died that day.

This is the weight of silence,

And now I finally understand—

Sometimes the heaviest thing we carry

Is the truth we never had the courage to tell.

[Outro]

So if you ever hear me silent,

Don't think there's nothing left inside.

Some hearts are not empty when they're quiet—

They're just carrying what they couldn't say