Lyrics

Verse 1
I learned to lower my tone
To keep the peace, to stay unknown
Measured every word I'd say
So love wouldn't walk away
I swallowed truth to make it fit
Turned down the volume bit by bit
Thought silence meant I was wise
But silence was my compromise

Pre-Chorus
I shrank myself
To keep you tall
But losing me
Was not love at all

Chorus
I was never voiceless
I was just unheard
Every time I spoke my truth
You twisted every word
I thought being quiet
Meant I would survive
But strength was growing underneath
This quiet rise

Verse 2
You said I was too intense
Too emotional, too sensitive
So I folded pieces of my soul
Until I barely felt whole
But the girl inside my chest
Was tired of being suppressed
And every tear I tried to hide
Was building to a tide

Pre-Chorus
You dimmed the light
But not the flame
You tried to quiet me
But I remained

Chorus
I was never voiceless
I was just unheard
I kept shrinking in the silence
While you controlled the narrative
But I'm done apologizing
For truth I used to hide
There's power in the stillness
Of a quiet rise

Bridge
You mistook my calm for weakness
My grace for fear
But strength doesn't always shout
Sometimes it stands clear
I don't need to scream
To reclaim what's mine
I don't need your permission
To redefine

Final Chorus
I was never voiceless
I was just unheard
Now every word I speak
Is steady and assured
I don't need the noise
To validate my life
There's nothing louder
Than a quiet rise

Outro
I was never voiceless...
Just unheard.
And now I rise.