Where the Noise Goes Quiet

I forgot what silence felt like

When it didn’t mean I was alone

Then you came without a warning

And somehow made it feel like home

I got used to carrying thunder

Like a heartbeat underneath my skin

Always waiting for another ending

Never knowing where to begin

Then somewhere in an ordinary moment

You looked at me and time stood still

You never tried to save or change me

You just stayed — and somehow, you still will

I don’t know what tomorrow brings

I only know what happens when you’re near

The walls inside me lose their meaning

And for once, I’m not ruled by fear

You’re where the noise goes quiet

Where my restless heart can breathe

Where I don’t have to keep on fighting

Or be stronger than I need to be

And maybe I don’t have a name

For everything you’ve woken up in me

I only know the world feels different

When you’re standing next to me

I thought I knew the shape of loneliness

I wore it like a second skin

Smiled while everything was breaking

Never letting anybody in

But you found the spaces in between me

The parts I learned to keep unseen

And every time you pull me closer

I remember who I used to be

I don’t need promises of forever

I don’t need you to swear you’ll stay

Just give me these imperfect moments

And I’ll treasure every one along the way

You’re where the noise goes quiet

Where my restless heart can breathe

Where I don’t have to keep on fighting

Or be stronger than I need to be

And maybe I don’t have a name

For everything you’ve woken up in me

I only know the world feels different

When you’re standing next to me

Maybe love is not a wildfire

Maybe it doesn’t have to burn

Maybe it’s the hand that finds you

When you’ve forgotten how to turn

Maybe it’s laughing in the darkness

At two a.m. with nowhere else to go

Maybe it’s feeling safe beside you

And not being scared to let it show

You’re where the noise goes quiet

But now my heart is beating loud

You turned the shadows into something

I don’t have to run from now

And I still don’t know the ending

I don’t need to know where this will lead

Because right here, inside this moment

You are everything I need

I spent so long just surviving

I almost forgot life could feel this way

Then you came into the silence

And somehow…

I wanted to stay.