Shut Down Loud

Verse 1

You raise your voice, I fade to static

Like a screen gone gray, automatic

Every word hits harder than you know

I go silent, but the echo won’t let go

Music bleeding through my headphones

Only place I feel like I’m home

Every chord knows what I can’t say

Plays it back in a softer way

Pre-Chorus

I love like fire with no control

But I keep the smoke inside my soul

Chorus

I shut down loud, don’t make a sound

World spins fast, I slow it down

I give too much, I wear it thin

Let everybody else just win

I feel it all, I feel it deep

The kind of hurt I never speak

Yeah, I shut down loud when life gets rough

And I don’t know when enough is enough

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Verse 2

I drift away when the weight gets heavy

Disappear like a ghost already

Tell myself I just need space

But I’m really just trying to escape

Every word you ever said

Lives rent-free inside my head

The bad ones got a louder tone

The good ones barely feel like home

Pre-Chorus

I read between every single line

Turn small things into warning signs

Chorus

I shut down loud, don’t make a sound

World spins fast, I slow it down

I give too much, I wear it thin

Let everybody else just win

I feel it all, I feel it deep

The kind of hurt I never speak

Yeah, I shut down loud when life gets rough

And I don’t know when enough is enough

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Bridge (gritty, emotional lift)

Too many chances, too many scars

Carrying pieces that aren’t even ours

I put you first, I lose my place

Now I don’t recognize my face

Overthinking every breath

Loving hard to the edge of death

If I break, I break alone

Built a crowd but still alone

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Final Chorus (bigger, rawer)

I shut down loud, don’t make a sound

Screaming where it can’t be found

I gave my heart, I gave too much

Now even silence feels like a crutch

I feel it all, I feel it deep

Every promise I couldn’t keep

Yeah, I shut down loud when life gets rough

And I’m still learning what’s enough