Dark Tides

Lyrics

(Invisible Storm) (Verse 1) Another "good morning," another practiced lie, A borrowed little smile while the truth slowly dies. The hallway echoes louder than the voice inside my head, I'm walking like I'm breathing, but a part of me is dead. I learned to wear my armor underneath my skin, Hide the flood behind the places no one ever looks within. Every step feels heavier than yesterday before, And every locked-up memory keeps pounding at the door. (Pre-Chorus) There's a hurricane beneath these steady eyes, A thousand silent questions that nobody replies. If they looked a little closer, maybe they would finally see... The one I'm trying hardest to convince... is me. (Chorus) I'm drowning in a storm that nobody can hear, Screaming underwater while they say the sky is clear. These tears fall without falling, invisible in the light, A battle fought in silence every single night. Not one hand reaching through the waves, Not one voice calling out my name. I'm fading in a crowded room, Still hoping someone feels the truth. (Verse 2) I clock into another day to outrun what I feel, Trade one lonely prison for another made of steel. The laughter sounds like static, every minute moving slow, I came here to escape the pain... but it followed where I go. Everyone keeps asking, "How's your day been, friend?" They never wait around enough to hear how sentences end. So I nod and keep on walking with another empty grin, While another little crack appears somewhere beneath my skin. (Pre-Chorus) Then I see another face wearing mine somehow, The same exhausted heartbeat hiding underneath the crowd. I stop and ask the question that so few will ever say... (Bridge) "Are you... truly okay?" Because I know the weight you carry when the room goes dark. I know the silent thunder that keeps striking through your heart. So I'll break another piece of me to help you find your light, Even if it leaves a little more of mine behind. I've patched so many broken souls with pieces of my own, Now every gift I've given leaves another hollow home. How much of me can disappear before there's nothing left? How long can hope keep breathing with this pressure on my chest? (Breakdown) The tears nobody notices... The words nobody hears... The wars behind the smiling face... The miles measured out in years... You think you're standing by yourself, Forgotten in the rain... But every hidden heartbeat knows The language of this pain. (Final Chorus) No... you're not the only one beneath the waves tonight. Somewhere another soul is searching for a single light. The scars don't make you weaker, they prove you made it through. The storm is screaming loudly... but it doesn't speak for you. When the morning feels impossible, And hope is hard to find, Hold on through one more heartbeat, One more breath... one more sunrise. (Outro) (Spoken) So if I ask, "Are you okay?"... Know I truly mean the words. Because sometimes the smallest light Is simply being heard. And maybe... The hand you've been reaching for... Is reaching back for yours.