You hold your hurt
Like glass in your throat
Laugh at the joke
So you don't choke
Bite down hard
On the words you mean
Smile so bright
You can’t even scream
You’re a silent screamer
Burning up behind your eyes
Every swallowed sentence
Is another little goodbye
If they listened closer
They would hear you bleed between the lines
Silent screamer
Crashing in your quiet mind
You say"I'm fine"
Till the phrase sounds wrong
Scroll through the dark
Till the sun comes on
Talk so soft
Every truth half-spent
You’re the loudest storm
That never leaves a dent
You’re a silent screamer
Burning up behind your eyes
Every swallowed sentence
Is another little goodbye
If they listened closer
They would hear you bleed between the lines
Silent screamer
Crashing in your quiet mind
What if your hands
Started shaking on purpose
What if your mask
Finally slipped at the surface
Would the room go still
Would somebody stay
If you tore that cage
Clean away
You’re a silent screamer
Burning up behind your eyes
Every swallowed sentence
Is another little goodbye
If they listened closer
They would hear you bleed between the lines
Silent screamer
Let it out just one last time