Tide of Silence

[Verse 1] Sea comes with its hold on me, waves cutting breath like cold steel I drift, I hide the truth I feel, I crouch where the shoreline wheels Voices fade to blackouts, footsteps never free my name Right to speak is a map I borrow, traced by fear and shame [Chorus] Let the tides hear a stubborn heart, breaking through the arrest of silence I rise with a stubborn spark, beyond the stone-veiled violence If my voice is light restrained, I’ll find a way to skin the night I am enough, I won’t stay sealed; I won’t surrender to the quiet fight [Verse 2] Centuries carved in stone say be still, be small, be unseen But courage grows where margins blur, where truth is brave and keen Suffering pressed like knives on skin, but breath will not resign I claim my voice, a rising thread, until it breaks the line [Chorus] Let the tides hear a stubborn heart, breaking through the arrest of silence I rise with a stubborn spark, beyond the stone-veiled violence If my voice is light restrained, I’ll find a way to skin the night I am enough, I won’t stay sealed; I won’t surrender to the quiet fight [Bridge] No more fishing for phrases in the dark of fear’s wide sea I’ll anchor my truth in the open air, and I’ll speak, I’ll be [Chorus] Let the tides hear a stubborn heart, breaking through the arrest of silence I rise with a stubborn spark, beyond the stone-veiled violence If my voice is light restrained, I’ll find a way to skin the night I am enough, I won’t stay sealed; I won’t surrender to the quiet fight [Outro] Sea recedes when I stand tall, the shore spread wide for my truth to breathe Silence loosens its grip at last; I whisper, then I sing, I believe