I Learned Quiet lyrics by Cordelia Cross

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkwwMb0Cu1w

 

[Verse 1]
I learned quiet in crowded rooms
Where every word could turn to knives
I learned silence wasn’t empty
It was how I stayed alive

I felt my pulse behind my ribs
Like thunder trapped beneath the skin
Every truth I never spoke
Was a war I chose not to win

[Pre-Chorus]
I weighed my voice against the cost
And counted what I might have lost

[Chorus]
I learned quiet, I learned to breathe
With every scream inside of me
I learned quiet, I learned restraint
How to survive without the flame
I bite my tongue, I hold my ground
I let the noise stay inward bound
I learned quiet, not because I’m weak
But because quiet keeps me safe

[Verse 2]
I watched the loud ones burn so fast
Turned into targets in the light
I saw how quickly truth becomes
A weapon in the wrong fight

So I folded anger into calm
And sharpened patience like a blade
Some battles beg to be ignored
Some victories are delayed

[Pre-Chorus]
I learned which hills were worth the fall
And which demands would cost it all

[Chorus]
I learned quiet, I learned to breathe
With every scream inside of me
I learned quiet, I learned restraint
How to survive without the flame
I bite my tongue, I hold my ground
I let the noise stay inward bound
I learned quiet, not because I’m weak
But because quiet keeps me safe

[Verse 3]
There’s a voice still pacing in my chest
It hasn’t left, it hasn’t died
It waits for moments strong enough
To speak without becoming mine

I carry storms behind my eyes
But choose the nights I let them fall
Strength is knowing when to stand
And when to never speak at all

[Chorus]
I learned quiet, I learned to breathe
With every scream inside of me
I learned quiet, I learned restraint
How to survive without the flame
I bite my tongue, I hold my ground
I let the noise stay inward bound
I learned quiet, not because I’m weak
But because quiet keeps me safe

[Final Chorus]
I learned quiet, I learned control
How to protect my fragile soul
Not every truth demands a sound
Not every war is meant to be found
I learned quiet, I learned the art
Of guarding what’s still soft in my heart