Hear My Silence

We swung below the train tracks
No crumbs to find our way back
Because I wanted to be lost
On days water surrounds us
We'd pull each other to the surface
I'm used to being pulled down
But this you know

More than willing just to see me
In the wet and in the freezing
And whisper away my demons
I mean, I'm pretty quiet
Hope you hear me when I'm silent
Since my tongue got tied three years ago
When I heard your heels click on my floor
Your steps were my metronome
Let me play along

I tried to step in time
With your graceful pace through life
With my cuts and scars, I followed still
I hide from adventures alone
And can't accept myself as whole
But this you know

In the time that I most needed
You to get me through the evening
You said, "put down that glass
There's a whole world you aren't seeing
I love you, just keep breathing
I shed the scales off of my lungs
At the sounding of the bell you rung
You make me fight for my life
And you hardly know