The Difference

Verse 1

There’s a kind of quiet that isn’t peace

It settles in your chest, won’t let you breathe

At the end of a long, long day

When you gave it all away

You showed up for everyone else

Gave pieces of yourself

Then you look around the room

And no one showed up for you

Pre-Chorus

And it echoes in the dark

Like a voice without a sound

Chorus

Silence…

Painful, deafening silence

Endless and cruel

Like it swallows you whole

Silence…

Not the kind that brings you peace

Just the kind that makes you wonder

If anybody sees

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Verse 2

This isn’t about attention

Or needing too much love

It’s about being remembered

When you’re the one who always does

It’s about effort

Being seen

Not fading in between

Hoping someone somewhere thinks

“Hey… how’s she doing?”

Pre-Chorus

‘Cause the strongest hearts still break

When nobody checks their weight

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Chorus

Silence…

Painful, deafening silence

Endless and cruel

Like it swallows you whole

Silence…

Not the kind that brings you peace

Just the kind that makes you question

If anybody sees

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Bridge

I check in, I show up

Even when my cup’s run dry

With one last drop, I give it up

I never ask why

I’ve always been that person

The one who stays, who tries

So why does it feel like

I disappear sometimes?

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Break (soft / stripped)

But you… you matter

Even here in the middle

You’re not invisible

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Final Chorus (lift)

Silence…

It don’t get to define you

Even when it feels

Like nobody can find you

Silence…

You’re still worthy of love

Of being held, being seen

Of someone showing up

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Outro

So if you’re out there tonight

Feeling like no one cares

It’s okay to not be okay

In the middle…

You’re not alone there.