I Don't Bleed Quiet

I've been swallowin' thunder just to keep the peace

Smiling through the wreckage, so they don't see the bleed

They say, "Man up, stay steady, " like it's that damn easy

But you don't hear the war that's been living in me

I tried to numb the noise, I tried to play it strong

But silence only teaches pain how to grow arms

I don't bleed quiet, I don't heal fast

Every scar I carry still talks back

I wear my damage like a loaded gun

Ain't looking for mercy, I just won't run

I don't break pretty, I don't stay calm

When the weight of the world's on my spine

Yeah, I feel it all, every cut, every riot

I don't bleed quiet

I've been losing sleep, the ghosts I never buried

Every "You'll be fine" feels heavy when you carry it

I've held my breath through years just to not explode

But pressure turns to violence when it's locked below

They only hear you scream when the damage is done

But I've been bleeding truths since the day this begun

I don't bleed quiet, I don't heal fast

Every scar I carry still talks back

I wear my damage like a loaded gun

Ain't looking for mercy, I just won't run

I don't break pretty, I don't stay calm

When the weight of the world's on my spine

Yeah, I feel it all, every cut, every riot

I don't bleed quiet

Maybe I'm too much, maybe I feel too deep

But I'd rather scream the truth than die in my sleep

If pain's the price for being alive

Then hear me now

I survived

I don't bleed quiet, I don't heal fast

Every scar I carry still talks back

I've been forged in fire, baptized in pain

Still standing here, still saying my name

I don't break easy, I don't stay silent

I won't choke on the words they deny me

Yeah, I feel it all, I won't deny it

I don't bleed quiet

So if you hear me shaking, that's the truth breaking free

I don't bleed quiet

That's how I stay me