Silence — I Hold the Storm Behind My Teeth | Aleekill

“Silence” is an original song by Aleekill, from the project My Music World with Aéris. A cinematic progressive rock ballad about carrying silent pain to protect the people you love. Some storms are never shown. Some battles are fought behind a smile, behind closed doors, behind the simple words: “I’m fine.” Human feelings. AI sparks. Music without borders. Artist: Aleekill Project: My Music World with Aéris Series: Original Songs Style: Cinematic Progressive Rock Ballad Language: English Lyrics: There’s a room I never open There’s a light I never use There are words beneath the carpet Wearing holes inside my shoes I leave my keys beside the door Like I came home from somewhere else I wash the day out of my hands And put my face back on the shelf The coffee dies, the evening bends The walls pretend they didn’t hear I count the cracks above the bed And teach my breath to disappear And if you ask me where I’ve been I say, “I’m fine, just tired, that’s all” But there are oceans in my chest Throwing themselves against the wall I hold the storm behind my teeth I keep the thunder underneath I let the quiet cover me So you can sleep, so you can breathe And if I fade, don’t call it gone I’ve been the dark around your dawn I keep the silence, line by line Until your world is safe from mine I learned to smile without a sound To make the heavy look like grace To fold the fear behind my eyes And leave no shadow on your face I fix the roof, I close the gate I carry more than I can name I tell the night to wait outside Then let it in when no one came And if my hands begin to shake I hide them deep inside my coat There’s a prayer I never say Still burning somewhere in my throat I hold the storm behind my teeth I keep the thunder underneath I let the quiet cover me So you can sleep, so you can breathe And if I fade, don’t call it gone I’ve been the dark around your dawn I keep the silence, line by line Until your world is safe from mine But who will stand inside the rain When I can’t hold the sky no more? Who will hear the breaking glass Behind the softly closing door? I am not stone, I am not steel I am the wound that learned to kneel I am the voice beneath the floor Still asking to be something more I held the storm behind my teeth I kept the thunder underneath I let the quiet cover me So you could sleep, so you could breathe But if I fall, don’t turn away Don’t leave me nameless in the grey I kept the silence all this time Now let your hand reach into mine There’s a room I need to open There’s a light I need to use There are words beneath the carpet And tonight, they’re coming through