Louder Then Silence lyrics

They liked me quiet, liked me small A ghost who learned to never call I swallowed storms to keep the peace Till something snapped inside of me I learned young that pain stays secret If you feel wrong, you never speak it But silence breaks a soul in half I'm done pretending I can't snap You always yelled, but I stayed still Now I shout back and I'm the villain still Funny how your anger's normal rage But my defense becomes a cage I'm louder than silence now I won't bow down, I won't shut down You don't get to choose my volume I won't bleed just to calm you Call it anger, I call it trying Call it breaking, I call it surviving I'm louder than silence now Louder than silence now You say I changed and lost my grace But I just learned to take up space You fear a voice you once ignored Now every word feels like a war I shake, I pace, I hit the floor Pain finds a door when hearts get sore I'm not unkind, I feel too deep This world was loud, I learned to speak You threw fire, I held rain Now I breathe and you feel pain I didn't change, I came alive It's you who hates when I survive I'm louder than silence now I won't bow down, I won't shut down You don't get to choose my volume I won't bleed just to calm you Call it anger, I call it trying Call it breaking, I call it surviving I'm louder than silence now Louder than silence now Louder than silence now I won't apologize to breathe Won't fold my truth so you can sleep I burned to learn that I deserve A voice, a place, a beating nerve You can judge me, point and blame But I won't shrink to fit your frame This fire saved me when you couldn't I am not quiet and I know I shouldn't I held it in, but now I roar I broke a chair, not someone's jaw So don't you dare define my fight You never lived inside this mind I'm louder than silence now I won't bow down, I won't shut down You don't get to choose my volume I won't bleed just to calm you If I shake, I'm still surviving If I shout, I'm finally rising I'm louder than silence Louder than silence now Louder than silence now I'm not the storm, I'm just the voice Of someone who never had a choice Now I do, and now I choose Enough of silence, sound is my roots Sound is my roots