People talk, people dream
Like I used to long ago
They walk upright, full of hope
While I crawl low, slow

I drag myself across the ground
Like a wounded man in war
My soul is empty, hollowed out
I don’t feel much anymore

My words are empty, worn and thin
Like echoes with no sound
No one sees me, no one hears
I’m nowhere to be found

So I choose silence
So they won’t think I’m insane
I have nothing left to say
Let silence speak my pain

I choose silence
Let it say what words can’t do
I have nothing left to give
So silence will speak the truth

Faces pass me like I’m air
Eyes look through, never stay
I’m standing still inside myself
While the world just walks away

My mouth is full of broken lines
Thoughts that never land
If I speak, they fall apart
Like dust inside my hands

No one listens, no one waits
No one asks me why
So I swallow every scream
And let it die inside

So I choose silence
So they won’t call me mad
I have nothing left to say
Nothing good or bad

I choose silence
Let it carry all the weight
Words have failed me one too many times
So silence will translate

I’ll turn my words into thoughts
That can wash away the mud
Thoughts that still can move the stone
That still can stir the blood

I’ll keep them deep, unseen, unheard
Until they’re strong and clean
Some things are born in silence
Before they ever scream

I choose silence
Not because I’m numb or cold
But because my broken words
Can’t carry what I hold

I choose silence
Let it say what’s left of me
When nothing else remains
Let silence speak for me

I have nothing left to say…
So silence says it all.