static in the scilenc

Lyrics

The walls don’t talk, they just lean in
Like they’ve heard where I have been
Every step, a hollow sound
Like I’m sinking through the ground

I tried to leave the lights on late
But shadows never hesitate
They stretch and twist across the floor
Like they’ve been here long before
And I keep the TV on
Just to feel less alone
But the voices fade to static in my bones
There’s a noise inside my head
Says I’m better off unsaid
Like a ghost that never learned to let it go
Every night it pulls me in
Plays my doubts on repeat again
And I’m drowning in a silence no one knows
I wore a smile out in the day
But it cracked along the way
Every laugh just felt rehearsed
Like I’m living someone else’s verse

The mirror shows a stranger’s face
Familiar, but it’s out of place
I trace the lines I can’t erase
And wonder how they got that way
And I close my eyes too tight
Try to disappear at night
But the dark just turns the volume up inside
There’s a noise inside my head
Says I’m better off unsaid
Like a ghost that never learned to let it go
Every night it pulls me in
Plays my doubts on repeat again
And I’m drowning in a silence no matter
If I scream, would it break?
Or just echo my mistakes?
If I run, would I find
There’s no leaving this behind?

I tried to bury every trace
But they bloom in empty space
Like a storm I can’t outrun
Underneath a quiet sun
There’s a noise inside my head
Says I’m better off unsaid
Like a ghost that never learned to let it go
Every night it pulls me in
Plays my doubts on repeat again
And I’m drowning in a silence no one knows
So I sit with all the sound
Even when there’s none around
And I listen as it slowly takes control