Silent Pain

[Verse 1]
You laugh the loudest in the hallway
Pointin' out every crooked seam
Turnin' someone's morning
Into years they can't redeem
You say you're only kiddin'
But I see how her shoulders fold
Those little jabs you're throwin'
Hit deeper than you know
[Chorus]
It's easy to be a bully
When it ain't your heart on the line
When you never taste the poison
Drippin' from your own sharp lines
But words can cut like barbed wire
Leave scars you can't explain
One day you might be the one
Cryin' in silent pain (oh, silent pain)
[Verse 2]
You roll your eyes at the quiet boy
Call him weak ‘cause he walks away
But you don't see his bedroom
When he prays to fade someday
You turn his name into a punchline
High-fivin' every cruel remark
While he's countin' every bruised thought
Alone in the dark
[Chorus]
It's easy to be a bully
When it ain't your heart on the line
When you never taste the poison
Drippin' from your own sharp lines
But words can cut like barbed wire
Leave scars you can't explain
One day you might be the one
Cryin' in silent pain (yeah, silent pain)
[Bridge]
Someday you'll meet a mirror
That don't buy your crooked grin
You'll hear your own cold phrases
Echo back from deep within
You'll beg for just one shoulder
Just one voice to call your name
And all you'll hear is the echo
Of the hurt you gave away
[Chorus]
It's easy to be a bully
When you think you'll never fall
But it only takes one heartbreak
To feel every shattered call
Your words can crush a lifetime
Leave a soul out in the rain
And one day you could be the one
Cryin' in silent pain
Yeah, one day you could be the one
Cryin' in silent pain

country, Sparse, fingerpicked acoustic guitar and soft pedal steel, male vocals up close and cracked with emotion. Verses stay intimate and low, brushed snare easing in on the first chorus. Second chorus widens with warm harmonies and a subtle organ pad, then everything strips back to just voice and guitar for the final lines, leaving space and silence to land the heartbreak., male vocals