Adelle Hart - Silent Notes Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Pages of sheet music scattered on my floor
Perfect posture, perfect notes, but I'm keeping score
Of all the times they told me "Play it right"
While my soul was screaming in the dead of night

[Pre-Chorus]
Metronome keeps ticking like a prison guard
Teaching me to hide behind these ivory bars
But baby, I'm not your mechanical doll
Watch me break free from it all

[Chorus]
These silent notes are killing me
All the things they'll never see
Breaking free from A to G
Let my fingers tell my story
No more playing perfectly
These silent notes are killing me

[Verse 2]
Spent my whole life chasing their applause
Every crescendo hiding all my flaws
They want me pristine, polished like a pearl
But there's a wild woman trapped inside this girl
Damn their rules and damn their golden cage
Time to tear up every perfect page

[Bridge]
I've been quiet for too long
Playing someone else's song
Now I'm finding my own groove
Got these melodies to prove
That I'm more than what they see
More than their sweet melody

[Chorus]
These silent notes are killing me
All the things they'll never see
Breaking free from A to G
Let my fingers tell my story
No more playing perfectly
These silent notes are killing me

[Outro]
Watch me burn these pages down
No more silence, this is my sound
Finally playing what's inside
No more notes where feelings hide
This is me, imperfectly free
This is me, finally me