Bound in silence

[Verse 1 – restrained, unsettled]
It was quiet—
Too quiet for what tore through me.
A thread pulled tight in my chest
And I knew—instantly.
Your voice wasn’t louder than a whisper,
But it cracked open something deep.
I’ve bled and battled through worse—
But this…
This cuts me clean.
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[Pre-Chorus – controlled, almost bitter]
I don’t believe in fate or fire
That takes what it hasn’t earned.
But there you were—
A name I hadn’t spoken
And somehow already learned.
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[Chorus – haunted]
What is this bond I didn’t choose?
This fire that I’m bound to lose?
I feel you like a shadow stitched in bone—
A stranger I already know.
It’s too much.
Too raw.
Too near.
And gods, I still pull you near.
Even when I try to walk away—
You stay.
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[Verse 2 – more tormented]
I’ve kept walls higher than kingdoms,
Armor forged in silence and scar.
But you looked at me
And I came undone
In ways I didn’t know I are.
I don't want to want this—
But I do.
Like gravity, brutal and true.
You are a storm I shouldn’t chase,
But somehow already ran through.
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[Pre-Chorus – low and tense]
Don’t ask me to be soft,
I don’t know how.
But this bond doesn’t wait.
It doesn’t bow.
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[Chorus – building with desperation]
What is this thread around my soul?
This tether I can’t control?
I feel you breathing in my ribs—
Like fate, like fire, like sin.
It’s not fair.
It’s not right.
But I still want in.
Even when I tell myself to run—
You begin.
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[Bridge – almost whispered]
You make silence louder
Than any scream I’ve heard.
And somehow I find myself
Wanting more than just your words.
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[Final Chorus – raw, unraveling]
So what is this bond, this curse, this grace?
This war I see in your face?
I never wanted to need someone
To take my name and make it come undone.
But you did.
And you do.
And maybe I was always meant for you.
Even if it breaks me—
I’ll burn for you.

Duration: ~3:40
Key: D minor / Tempo: 70 bpmdark, cinematic piano ballad dark rock., male