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Tar prints mirrors; the room mislays its music. When the beat drops out, the badge unhooks. I talk to the mug to cage the quiet; the quiet stays. Long pause—like winter— and a door appears where wall had been. I cross it softly; then the band returns like sunlight re-teaching a window how to shine.
Alternative version
Streetlight flickers like a tired eye; rain keeps small mirrors. I run on noise and caffeine until the music drops— and truth stands up in the quiet. Here, offstage, I choose myself. Then sound returns like a slow sunrise. This is where I begin.
Lyrics
Streetlight flicker like a tired eye, Rain on the tar making mirrors lie. I’ve been running on noise and caffeine, Trying not to feel what the quiet means. Every message ends, every party fades, Every “you’re fine” feels like a blade. But when the music drops out cold, That’s when the truth gets bold. I keep talking so I don’t hear it, Keep moving so I don’t feel it. But the pause is a doorway, And I’m standing near it. … It’s the space between where I finally breathe, Where the mask falls off and it’s just me. Where the drums don’t save me, the crowd can’t see— And I choose myself quietly. Then the band comes back like a sunrise hit, And the whole world shakes from the sound of it. (Whoa-oh-oh) hold the silence, hold it clean, (Whoa-oh-oh) that’s where I begin. I’ve been filling the gaps with a hundred things, Cheap distractions with paper wings. But they burn too fast, they don’t last long, They don’t fix what’s been wrong. So I let the night sit in my chest, Let the emptiness do its test. If I’m scared, I don’t turn away, I let the fear have its say. I keep talking so I don’t hear it, Keep moving so I don’t feel it. But the pause is a doorway, And I’m walking through it. … It’s the space between… (Don’t rush the quiet.) If the world is loud, let me be still, Let me learn my own heartbeat’s will. (boom… boom… boom… boom…) It’s the space between… …
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