[00:00.04]You said you're fine, so I let it slide,
[00:07.31]Even though I saw the thunder in your eyes
[00:13.29]I hold your weight like it's mine,
[00:19.15]But never ask if I'm alright,
[00:25.52]You laugh for them
[00:28.52]And cry in drafts
[00:31.54]You hide your storms
[00:32.88]Behind a perfect act
[00:37.54]And I keep pretending
[00:40.38]That silence is safe
[00:43.54]But my love is loud
[00:45.64]In every quiet way
[00:48.29]I'm the quiet storm,
[00:50.49]Burning slow, but holding on
[00:53.45]Never begged you to see me
[00:56.44]But I stayed when things went wrong
[00:59.21]You never asked why I stayed so late
[01:02.43]But I memorized your sky
[01:05.26]And if you ever looked close enough
[01:08.95]You'd see me in your night,
[01:13.85]I said "take your time"
[01:16.80]But I was breaking inside
[01:19.86]You said "don't worry 'bout me",
[01:21.30]But I rewrote all my plans to fit your life
[01:26.29]I fold my rage
[01:28.36]Like laundry in the dark
[01:31.98]So your peace stays neat
[01:34.37]And I disappear by heart
[01:37.62]Every "I'm okay",
[01:40.52]Was me walking away
[01:43.67]Hoping you'd stop me,
[01:45.76]But you never asked me to stay
[01:48.24]I'm the quiet storm,
[01:50.46]Burning slow, but holding on
[01:53.41]Never begged you to see me
[01:56.46]But I stayed when things went wrong
[01:59.28]You never asked why I stayed so late
[02:02.46]But I memorized your sky
[02:05.35]And if you ever looked close enough
[02:09.03]You'd see me in your night,
[02:11.44]I'm not loud,
[02:14.00]But I'm here,
[02:17.48]Building homes in my head
[02:20.74]For a love that fears
[02:23.49]I say less
[02:26.03]But I feel more
[02:29.78]That's why I loved you,
[02:32.81]Like a quiet war
[02:36.26]I'm the quiet storm,
[02:38.45]Didn't rain, but I drowned,
[02:41.46]All my truths in soft touches
[02:44.22]So you'd never feel held down,
[02:47.45]I never made you choose
[02:50.43]But I always chose you
[02:53.42]And now that it's too late,
[02:56.44]You might finally see through
[03:11.40]I stayed when you broke
[03:14.40]I stayed when you left
[03:17.81]I was always there
[03:19.32]I just never said
[03:20.83]I was always
[03:22.79]Always there