When the Quiet Breaks

I sat with the silence

And let it bruise my name

Your shadow on the hallway

Still burning like a flame

I tried to fold the night

Into something I could hold

But every little memory

Came back cold

And I can feel it rising

All the words I swallowed, all the times I said I'm fine

Now they're knocking, now they're breaking through

Like thunder through the spine

I loved you in the quiet

I lost you in the light

Now my heart is a city

On the edge of the night

Take the hurt, take the misery

Take the pieces from my hands

I'm falling into feeling

And learning how to stand

Oh, I'm breaking and I'm waking

Let the sorrow turn to sound

If I have to fall apart to heal

I'll fall apart out loud

There's a photograph still living in the crack of my drawer

A version of forever I don't believe in anymore

But I can hear my breathing over everything you said

Like a candle in the storm refusing to go dead

And I can feel it rising in my chest

All the words I swallowed, all the times I said I'm fine

Now they're knocking, now they're breaking through

Like thunder through the spine

I left you in the quiet

I left you in the light

Now my heart is the sea

On the edge of the night

Take the hurt, take the history

Take the pieces from my hands

I'm falling into feeling

And I'm learning how to stand

Oh, I'm breaking and I'm waking

But this fire will turn to sound

If I have to fall apart to you

I'll fall apart out loud

So let the streams rise

Higher than the ceiling ever could

Let the beat come

Crash on like it knew my heart but

I'm not asking to be saved

From what I had to know

I just need one honest moment

Where I let it all go

I loved you in the quiet

I lost you in the light

Now my heart is a city

On the edge of the night

Take the hurt, take the history

Take the keys just from my hands

I'm falling into feeling

And I've learned how to stand

Oh, I'm breaking and I'm waking

Let the sorrow turn to sound

If I have to fall apart to heal

I'll fall apart out loud

Out loud

I'll fall apart out loud