Breaking My Silence

I started whispering lyrics when the house was asleep

Scared my own voice might cut way too deep

Fear in my throat, shadows under my skin

But something in my chest kept pulling me in

Every note felt wrong, every breath felt weak

But I kept trying anyway, even when I couldn't speak

Because the fire that burned didn't care if I shook

It pushed through the cracks that fear once took

I wasn't singing for glory, I wasn't singing for sure

I was fighting the silence I'd carried below

One shaky sound, one trembling line

But a whisper can crack what you thought was divine

Night after night, I kept pushing the door

Trying again, just a little bit more

Not brave, not bold, but refusing to stay

A prisoner to voices that weren't mine anyway

Breaking my silence one breath at a time

Learning the courage to claim what was mine

And though my voice trembled and stumbled and bled

For the first time ever, I sang it instead

Instead of my emotional rap, rock track

About pushing through fear

Presses running, mixed spoken

Or a line of dry pretensions shaking

And terminating a tightrope

I wasn't singing for glory, I wasn't singing for sure

I was fighting the silence I'd carried below

One shaky sound, one trembling line

But a whisper can crack what you thought was divine

I wasn't singing for glory

I wasn't singing for glory

I wasn't singing for glory

I wasn't singing for sure

I was fighting the silence I'd carried below

One shaky sound, one trembling line

But a whisper can crack what you thought was divine

I thought I could control how the wind could

You can't defend that

I never get past it

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