
If You Ever Break the Silence
Tempo: Slow, gritty fingerpicked acoustic with ambient fiddle Mood: Tender, raw, steady like a river about to overflow

If You Ever Break the Silence
Tempo: Slow, gritty fingerpicked acoustic with ambient fiddle Mood: Tender, raw, steady like a river about to overflow
Lyrics
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Verse 1
I heard your silence louder than a scream
Felt the weight of words you didn’t mean
You walk through the world like it ain’t breakin’ you
But I see the cracks—hell, I’ve got ’em too
You wear your pain like a second skin
Like you’re scared of what’ll happen if you let me in
But darling, I ain’t here to judge or fix
Just sit with you when the nights turn thick
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Chorus
If you ever break the silence, I won’t run
I won’t flinch, I won’t come undone
You ain’t too much, you ain’t too scarred
You’re just human with a tender heart
If the flood comes spillin’ from your eyes
I’ll be the shore, I’ll hold the tide
It’s loud in you, I hear it in the quiet
And I ain’t afraid of your riot
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Verse 2
You don’t owe the world a fearless face
You ain’t weak for wantin’ a softer place
Let the mirror see you how I do
Brave as hell for just pushin’ through
I know that armor’s heavy as hell
And sometimes it’s a prison, not a shell
But I’ve seen light in broken things
And I swear I see it when you sing
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Chorus
So if you ever break the silence, let it fall
Let the dam give out, let yourself be small
You ain’t a burden, you ain’t wrong
For wantin’ arms that can help you hold on
If the flood comes spillin’ from your eyes
I’ll be the shore, I’ll hold the tide
It’s loud in you, I hear it in the quiet
And I ain’t afraid of your riot
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Bridge
We don’t have to bleed behind locked doors
You don’t have to fight alone no more
You’re strong, yeah—but not ’cause you don’t cry
It’s ‘cause you keep goin’, not knowin’ why
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Outro
So when the silence gets too damn loud
Call my name, I’ll be around
You don’t have to carry this song alone
You got me now—you’re not on your own
Yeah, I hear you loud… in the quiet.
