(Verse 1)
You talk, the words hang in the air
Like smoke that doesn't seem to care
It drifts right past me, so you think
I barely blink, I barely shrink


(Pre-Chorus)
My face is still, a frozen frame
No flicker of a burning flame
You see the ice, the quiet shell
Assume I don't know pain so well


(Chorus)
But silent waters run so deep
And coldness hides the tears I weep
You think I'm stone, you think I'm glass
But words like yours, they cut so fast
I may not flinch, I may not shout
But don't you think, they don't get out?
They echo loud inside my head
Each hurtful thing that you have said


(Verse 2)
I've learned to build this icy shield
To stop the wounds from being revealed
To keep the tremors locked inside
Where broken pieces try to hide


(Pre-Chorus)
You judge the surface, calm and stark
Don't see the shadows in the dark
Believe the mask, the vacant stare
Unknowing how much I despair


(Chorus): (Repeat)


(Bridge)
Maybe you think it doesn't sting
To watch me act like it's nothing
But underneath this frozen guise
A fragile heart quietly cries


(Chorus): (Repeat)


(Outro)
Say what you will say, I'll turn and walk away
But know that silence isn't numb
Behind it all, my feelings come... they come...
And they hurt, they hurt, they hurt... in the quiet.