I learned to love without a sound
Kept my feelings safely down
I smiled so you wouldn't see
How much you were breaking me
I chose your peace over my pain
Called it love
again and again
I loved you quietly all alone Made a heart out of broken bones
I never asked you to stay
I just hoped you wouldn't walk away
I let you go so
easily But losing you was killing me
Your name still sleeps inside my chest Like something I can't confess
I say I'm fine,
I say I'm strong But the nights feel far too long
I held my tears,
I held my breath
Afraid of love,
afraid of death
I loved you
quietly all alone
Turned my tears into a home
I never asked you to stay I just prayed it'd feel the same
I let you go so
easily But loving you was never free
Now I'm breaking silently
Maybe love was never meant
To hurt like this,
to feel half-spent If I had spoken,
if you knew
Would you have loved me too?
I loved you quietly, but I'm done
I won't disappear for anyone
I'll learn to love myself out loud
Even if my voice still shakes right now
I loved you quietly,
now I'll live honestly I'll whisper goodbye to who I was
And let the silence rest