Three Years of Silence

[Verse 1]
It started like a whisper in a storm
A glance too long, a laugh too warm
I told myself, “It’s nothing, just a phase”
But seasons passed and you never went away
I watched you bloom in gardens I could not reach
Held my heart like a secret just out of speech
Every birthday, every quiet night alone
You echoed louder than my own shadow
[Pre-Chorus]
They say time heals, but time just taught me
How to carry what I couldn't say
Every sunrise I woke without you
Still somehow felt you every day
[Chorus]
Three years of silence
Screaming loud behind my smile
Every moment, every mile
I walked beside you, just not close enough
Three years of waiting
For the right words to be spoken
But fear kept the locks unbroken
And now I'm dancing with a ghost I never touched
[Verse 2]
I saw you fall in love with life, not me
Cheered you on like I was always meant to be
The shoulder, not the hand you'd want to hold
The safety net, not the story to be told
But I wrote you poems in my head each night
Tried to erase you, but nothing felt right
And every joke we shared became a thread
In a tapestry of words I never said
[Pre-Chorus]
How many chances died in silence?
How many glances turned away?
I counted dreams like constellations
Fading slow at the break of day
[Chorus]
Three years of silence
Painting portraits in my mind
Of a world where you were mine
But I stood quiet, locked behind the fear
Three years of aching
While the world just kept on turning
And the fire kept on burning
In a heart you never knew was always near
[Bridge]
If love is loud, then mine’s a choir unheard
If truth is brave, then I’ve been a coward with my words
But oh, if you only knew the weight
Of loving you with every breath I never gave
[Breakdown / Soft Build]
I watched your smile and felt the sting
Of every “almost” I didn’t bring
And now I wear this silence like a chain
Wrapped in echoes of your name
[Final Chorus – Emotional Release]
Three years of silence
Not a single word revealed
But the love was always real
You just never saw it standing by your side
Three years of waiting
Maybe I’ll tell you someday
Or maybe I’ll just fade away
But you'll live forever in the place I tried to hide
[Outro]
If you ever wonder who stood close
But never stepped into the light
It was me, behind the quiet
Loving you with all my might