Lyric

The silence is too loud tonight

I am tired of being brave

Every hope I tried to build

Feels exactly like a grave

I am hollow in my bones

I am drowning in my bed

The cruelest words I ever hear

Are the ones inside my head

They say the morning brings the light

But my sun forgot to rise

I am watching all my peers

Winning the exact same prize

I am a ghost inside my room

Invisible and obsolete

The taste of envy on my tongue

Makes the bitterness complete

The rational mind says cut the loss

The logic says you failed the test

But there is a stubborn burning ache

Buried deep inside my chest

It refuses to go numb

It refuses to comply

It forces me to face the truth

Don't give up

Not right now

You are shattered, I know how

Don't give up

On this spark

Even when the room is dark

Let the tears ruin your face

But do not leave this painful place

The despair is just a phase

Stay inside this messy maze

I remember three years ago

I bet my whole life on a dream

I gave my sleep, I gave my youth

I rowed against a violent stream

I built a paper ship of pride

I painted it with everything

Then I watched the water rise

And pull down my fragile king

I had to call my mother up

To tell her that I lost it all

The shame was burning in my throat

I felt so stupid and so small

I swore I would never try again

I swore I would accept my fate

I locked my passion in a box

And let my heart accumulate the hate

But logic cannot kill a soul

And failure cannot erase the need

That tiny, stubborn, burning ache

Was watering a hidden seed

It refused to go numb

It refused to comply

It pulls the anchor from the mud

No!

Don't give up

Not right now

You are shattered, I know how

Don't give up

On this spark

Even when the room is dark

Let the tears ruin your face

But do not leave this painful place

The despair is just a phase

Stay inside this messy maze

It is easy to surrender

It makes the hurting stop today

But regret is a slower poison

It rots you in a quiet way

You are standing on the edge

Looking at the void below

You think the story finishes here

Because your trauma tells you so

But the pain means you are alive

The doubt means you actually care

Nobody writes a hero's song

About a life that was only fair

The paper ship sank to the dirt

But it taught you how to swim

I refuse to go numb

I refuse to comply

Don't give up!

Not right now!

You are shattered, I know how!

Don't give up!

On this spark!

Even when the room is dark!

Let the tears ruin your face!

But do not leave this painful place!

The despair is just a phase!

Stay inside this messy maze!

You survived the flooded night

You are stronger than the dread

I am talking to myself

But I hope you heard what I said

Just stay

One more day

Don't give up