You saw the darkness in my eyes,
the tremor in my hand
You knew I held a history
I couldn't understand
You traced the lines of worry,
etched across my brow
And gently asked my darling,
won't
you tell me now
I felt the warmth of your concern,
the honesty
you gave But the fear of what you think of me sent my
answer to the grave
Oh, the silence I kept,
it built the longest wall
A fortress of my shame,
destined for a fall
You pleaded for the truth,
for a single broken word
But the magnitude of the secret was too much to be heard
And now the space between us is wider than the sea
Killed not by a lack of love,
but the silence I kept in me
It wasn't that I trusted less,
or didn't think you'd stay
I just believed the monster would finally go away
If
I kept it in the shadows,
locked deep inside my soul
Believed the shame I carried would never take its toll
But the weight of what I hid
became a heavy chain
And every sweet embrace we shared was shadowed by the pain
Oh,
the silence I kept,
it built the longest wall A fortress of my shame,
destined for a fall
You pleaded for the truth,
for a single broken word
But the magnitude of the secret was too much to be heard
And now the space between us is wider than the sea
Killed not by a lack of love,
but the silence I kept in me
I remember that last night,
the tears streaming down your face
You said I can't fight a ghost
that you refuse to chase
You weren't demanding answers,
just asking for my hand
To walk through the wreckage and help me finally stand
But I let my fear defend me,
I watched you walk away
And lost the only shelter that could've saved my day
Oh, the silence I kept,
it built the longest wall
A
fortress of my shame,
destined for a fall
You pleaded for the truth,
for a single broken word
But the magnitude of the secret was too much to be heard
And
now the space between us is wider than the sea
Killed not by a lack of love,
but the silence I kept in me
Now I carry the silence alone,
a constant heavy friend
Wishing I'd shattered it before the bitter end
It
wasn't the secret that broke us,
no,
it wasn't the pain
It was the silence I kept,
pouring down like rain