A Quiet Unseen Battle

Composed by Melanie Bradley

(Verse 1)

The world outside is quiet, just a soft and gentle breeze,

But in my head, a constant humming, rustling through the trees.

It’s not a sound that others hear, it’s just a ghost for me,

A shadow always standing there, for all the world to see.

I smile and say I’m fine, and hold my head up high,

But there’s a quiet tremor, and a storm inside my eye.

I’m living in a fortress, with a fragile, glass-like wall,

And just a single whisper is enough to make it fall.

(Chorus)

Oh, this is an unseen battle, a quiet, lonely fight,

You see the person standing in the sun, but not the long dark night.

You see me breathing calmly, but my heart is running wild,

A silent, broken soldier, a fearful little child.

So when you feel that whisper, and you’re fighting all alone,

Just know I’m right beside you, and you’re carved in my own stone.

(Verse 2)

A simple invitation, to a party with some friends,

Can feel like a demand, that the quiet simply ends.

The sound of someone talking, gets lost inside my ears,

And all I hear is humming, from my endless, private fears.

I want to laugh and listen, and hold my head up high,

But all I feel is silence, and a question in my eye.

I’m a ship that’s lost its anchor, a rudder in the storm,

I’m trying to find the compass, and a place that’s safe and warm.

(Bridge)

Then in the quiet evening, with a friend I hold so dear,

They say a simple sentence, to wash away my fear.

“It’s okay to feel this way,” they say, “you don’t have to be strong,”

And in that quiet moment, I know I’m not so wrong.

The humming fades to silence, the shadow disappears,

And I find a piece of quiet, in the falling of my tears.

(Outro)

So if you’re fighting this battle, on a battlefield of one,

Just know I’m right beside you, until the day is done.

You are not alone, a quiet, gentle voice,

And you are not alone, you have a gentle choice.

Just reach out…

You are not alone…

You are not alone.