Loud Two

Pre-Chorus

It's only a spoon against a cup

And my whole body's already given up

Chorus

I'm made to see, I'm made to hear

I'm made to feel it all

But I was taught to bow my head

And never let it show

Never loud enough, never too much

Always soft, always kind

I'm drowning in a world I feel

With a mouth that's been tied

Verse 2

Every sound goes straight through my skin

Every shift in the air, I know

But "don't make a fuss" was the lullaby

That I learned long ago

So I smile and I say "I'm fine"

While my nerves are screaming in the dark

I'm a house with every window open

And no one hears the sound of my heart

Pre-Chorus

I tried to whisper what I knew

I tried to say what I was going through

But I learned that even being gentle

Wasn't quiet enough for you

Chorus

I'm made to see, I'm made to hear

I'm made to feel it all

But I was taught to bow my head

And never let it show

Never loud enough, never too much

Always soft, always kind

I'm drowning in a world I feel

With a mouth that's been tied

Verse 3

I'm so tired of being careful

Tired of apologizing for being here

Tired of shrinking, tired of bracing

Tired of holding back the tears

There's a grief in being the one who knows

And a grief in not being heard

And a grief in learning to be so small

That I forgot I had a word

Bridge

And then, in the stillness after the storm

I heard it, not the noise, but me

All those years I thought I was broken

When I was only never seen

Nothing's wrong, I was never too much

I was only tuned too fine

I was never the problem, I was the one

Who was listening all the time

Final Chorus

So I see it all, I hear it all

And I feel it, and I'm still here

I was taught to bow my head

But I'm lifting it, I'm lifting it, I'm clear

Not too loud, not too much

Just a voice that's finally mine

I'm done apologizing for my ears

I'm done living half a life

Outro (soft, almost spoken)

It was only a spoon against a cup

And I finally said it out loud