[Intro]
[soft piano, one note at a time, faint fridge hum]
[Verse 1]
[close-mic, almost spoken]
The fridge hums low, I count the beat
A pen clicks twice, I feel it in my teeth
Someone's laughing down the hall
It's in my chest, it's in the wall
[Pre-Chorus]
[second note joins, breath audible]
I'm smiling, nodding, holding still
Jaw clenched tight, I'm doing well
Nobody sees the thing I do
I'm holding back the whole room too
[Chorus]
[choir joins softly, melody opens up]
Come and hear it as I do
Every sound is breaking through
I can't turn it down, I can't turn it off
It's not too loud, it's just too true
Come and hear it as I do
[Verse 2]
[piano tightens, tempo pushes forward]
A phone, a door, a voice, a light
Someone asks me, "Are you all right?"
My heart is racing, hands gone cold
The words I had are gone, I'm told
[Pre-Chorus 2]
[voice thinner, almost rushed]
The air is thick, the room leans in
Everything is under my skin
I need a door, I need a wall
I need one minute, that is all
[Chorus 2]
[choir swells, voice cracks on the high note]
Come and hear it as I do
Every sound is breaking through
I can't turn it down, I can't turn it off
It's not too loud, it's just too true
Please, just hear it as I do
[Bridge]
[music drops out, half-spoken, fragile]
The clock. The hum. The breath. The chair.
Too many voices in the air
I'm trying, trying to stay here
Tell me it'll disappear
[Instrumental break]
[piano alone, one slow chord, then silence]
[Final Chorus]
[choir hums far away, voice soft, warm, open]
Come and hear it as I do
Rain on glass, a laugh that's true
Every beauty, every bruise
This is the world I'm walking through
[Outro]
[piano fading, almost spoken]
It's loud in here
And it's beautiful
And I'm still here