Silence Became Me - Niko Jarell
Empty streets reflect my pace
Shadows fill the empty space
Soft piano hums the quiet air
Tracing echoes, I still wait
I long to move, yet stay behind
Carrying whispers in my mind
The world goes on, but I remain
A quiet heart, a subtle pain
My thoughts speaking what I release
But still, no stillness lingers, never cease
Silence, silence became me homes
All the stories never told
With the love I couldn't keep
With the nights I spent awake, not sleep
Days move on, but I remain
Wrapped inside this soft refrain
Silence, silence became that broken dress
Living with the weight I trust
A subtle base beneath my chest
Holds the things I never asked
Every sense drift through the calm
Softly healing like a balm
I learned to breathe, to stand, to wait
As some nights carry all the weight
Every quiet knows my name
Every calm feels just the same
I let go, but echoes stay
Sound can't chase this sound away
Silence, silence became the homes
All the stories never told
With the love I couldn't keep
With the nights I spent awake, not sleep
Days move on, but I remain
Wrapped inside this soft refrain
Silence, silence became that broken dress
Living with the weight I trust
Stillness teaches who we are
Why does it feel this far
I'm not lost, I've only learned
As I'm hurt, still where they once burned
Silence, silence became my set
Holding fragments in my head
The pain is soft, my heart's alive
I'm still here, still alive
Yet I'm faced, I remain
Not chained to words, instead
Silence, silence became
And that's okay
It proves I loved along the way
Time disappears before me
But it let me be
