Stand Trial

Verse 1 It’s not the words you throw at me, it’s the ones you keep behind your teeth, Like there’s a verdict folded in your pocket with my name underneath. You talk to me in careful sentences, like glass arranged in lines, But your eyes are loud as sirens and I read every sign. Pre-Chorus I don’t need accusations, I already feel the crime, Silence is a courtroom where I’m guilty all the time. Chorus It’s what you don’t say that cuts me open, the pauses, the swallowed air, You hold a reason like a weapon but you never take it there. I stand in front of your quiet like a question with no plea, You don’t have to tell me you hate me— I can see it when you look at me. Verse 2 You used to look like daylight, now it’s weather I can’t read, Clouds passing over memories that still know my name and bleed. I replay every careless moment like I’m searching for the scene Where love turned into evidence and I missed what it would mean. Pre-Chorus 2 You say we’re “fine” like paperwork, I sign it with a shake, Every agreement between us feels professionally fake. Chorus It’s what you don’t say that haunts me, the truth you never spend, You keep it like a savings account earning interest in the end. I’d rather hear the sentence than keep guessing what it’d be, Because your silence writes a story where the villain’s always me. Bridge Maybe you’re protecting peace, maybe you’re protecting pride, Maybe I’m just afraid of hearing what your restraint hides. We’re polite like strangers who remember being close, Two people sharing oxygen but afraid to exhale ghosts. Break You don’t shout— and somehow that’s louder. Final Chorus It’s what you don’t say that stays with me, long after you leave the room, A quiet heavier than anger, a mercy shaped like doom. If hatred had a volume I’d beg you to turn it free, Because the silence between your words is louder than you’ll ever be. Outro Some truths aren’t buried— they’re just never spoken, And the unsaid is the part that stays broken.