(Verse 1)

You talk, the words hang in the air

Like smoke that doesn't seem to care

It drifts right past me, so you think

I barely blink, I barely shrink

(Pre-Chorus)

My face is still, a frozen frame

No flicker of a burning flame

You see the ice, the quiet shell

Assume I don't know pain so well

(Chorus)

But silent waters run so deep

And coldness hides the tears I weep

You think I'm stone, you think I'm glass

But words like yours, they cut so fast

I may not flinch, I may not shout

But don't you think, they don't get out?

They echo loud inside my head

Each hurtful thing that you have said

(Verse 2)

I've learned to build this icy shield

To stop the wounds from being revealed

To keep the tremors locked inside

Where broken pieces try to hide

(Pre-Chorus)

You judge the surface, calm and stark

Don't see the shadows in the dark

Believe the mask, the vacant stare

Unknowing how much I despair

(Chorus): (Repeat)

(Bridge)

Maybe you think it doesn't sting

To watch me act like it's nothing

But underneath this frozen guise

A fragile heart quietly cries

(Chorus): (Repeat)

(Outro)

Say what you will say, I'll turn and walk away

But know that silence isn't numb

Behind it all, my feelings come... they come...

And they hurt, they hurt, they hurt... in the quiet.