I bit my tongue a thousand times

Choked on words I had to hide

I let them step across the line

While I smiled and stood aside

But this fire never died

It's screaming in disguise

I look calm but deep inside

There's a storm behind these eyes

Buried rage behind my breath

Holding back what's left unsaid

Years of silence in a cage

Now it trembles at the edge

Buried rage like frozen flame

No one cared to ask my name

If I break don't call it shame

I was burning just the same

I carried all their careless weight

Told myself this is my fate

But even kindness has it's edge

When you're always on the ledge

I held the screams in folded hands

Tried to make them understand

But every sorry came too late

Now all I feel is flame and hate

Buried rage behind my breath

Holding back what's left unsaid

Years of silence in a cage

Now it trembles at the edge

Buried rage like frozen flame

No one cared to ask my name

If I break don't call it shame

I was burning just the same

Maybe I was kind too long

Maybe silence felt like wrong

Now the cracks begin to roar

And I can't hold it in no more

Buried rage now breaks the chain

I won't swallow hurt again

Let the fire write my name

In the ash of what remained

Buried rage this is my voice

Not a whisper not a choice

If I scream just know the cost

All I loved was almost lost

This is not peace

It's what I never said in pieces