The Choir in My Chest

There’s a choir in my chest

Singing what I never said

I kept the pain behind my teeth

Smiled like I was fine

But every breath I didn’t speak

Turned into a line

Now my heart is full of voices

And they all sound like regret

There’s a choir in my chest

Crying out your name

Every harmony hurts

Every note is shame

I don’t need a thousand songs

Just one chance to confess

All the love I buried deep

In the choir in my chest

At night I hear them rising

Soft behind my ribs

Singing all the apologies

I never learned to give

If you hear me breaking

That’s the truth coming through

There’s a choir in my chest

Crying out your name

Every harmony hurts

Every note is flame

I don’t need a thousand songs

Just one chance to confess

All the love I buried deep

In the choir in my chest

Singing what I never said

In the choir in my chest