Some Roads Don’t Return
 Do you know how silence learns to speak?
 It’ s not as soft as it may seem
 You say you wish you could feel more free
 But without weight, what does freedom mean?
 I really lost me, I don’ t fake it well
 Even when I smile, it’ s hard to tell
 But when I fall, I try to rise again
 Even my pain has learned to pretend
 I walk through fire, barely feel the heat
 As if my soul forgot to need
 All those dreams I drew, now faint and thin
 Sometimes I wish I’ d never begin
 But peace that lasts won’ t chase or run
 It won’ t demand, or break for fun
 It doesn’ t beg or burn to be
 It simply breathes, quietly
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 You must know
 I really lost me, more than you guessed
 Even when I tried to look my best
 But when I fall, I try to rise again
 Even my pain has learned to pretend
 And I know
 Truth wears the face of those who try
 It breaks, it bends, then learns to fly
 You just don’ t want to face what’ s real
 That letting go might help me heal