The Silence I Became - Niko Jarell
Empty streets reflect my pain
Shadows fill the empty space
Soft piano hums, still quiet
Tracing echoes, hushed away
I learn to move, yet stay behind
Carry your whispers in my mind
The wall goes on, but I remain
A quiet heart, a subtle pain
I thought, speaking would release
But stillness lingers, never cease
The silence I became, it holds
All the stories never told
With the love I couldn't keep
With the nights I spent awake and nursing
Days move on, but I remain
Wrapped inside a soft refrain
The silence I became, not broken
Just living with the weight I trust
Subtle bass beneath my chest
Holds the things I never rest
Every sense drift through the calm
Softly healing like a balm
I learn to breathe, to stand away
With some nights carry all the weight
Every quiet knows my name
Every calm feels just the same
I let go
But echoes stay
Time can't chase this sound away
The silence I became, it holds
All the stories never told
With the love I couldn't keep
With the nights I spent awake, not sleeping
Days move on, but I remain
Wrapped inside a soft refrain
The silence I became, not broken
Just 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
Some hearts heal where they once burned
The silence I became, I stand
Holding fragments in my hand
The pain to solve my heart's divide
I'm still here, still alive
Here no fades, I'm alive
Now the shame of us is stained
The silence I became, and that's okay
It proves our love along the way
Time did its bit for me
But it let me be
