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I Stayed Until I Learned
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I Stayed Until I Learned è stato pubblicato il 5 gennaio 2026 da 9873423 Records DK come parte dell'album Silver Horizon
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Data di uscita5 gennaio 2026
Etichetta9873423 Records DK
Melodicità
Acousticità
Valence
Ballabilità
Energia
BPM91

Crediti

PERFORMING ARTISTS
SilverTide
SilverTide
Harmony Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Brendan Phillips
Brendan Phillips
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
SilverTide
SilverTide
Executive Producer

Testi

I grew up reading faces like signs on the road
Green means breathe, red means don't
I learned how to pause before speaking my name
Make myself useful, stay out the flame
I carried the room, I carried the weight
Held everyone steady while I oscillate
I was always "fine," always the calm
Even when my chest was a false alarm
I thought surviving meant staying polite
Keeping the peace, losing the fight
I stayed until I learned who I was
In the silence after the applause
They loved the version that never broke
So I broke alone, yeah, I learned that joke
I stayed until the mask wore thin
Till I couldn't tell where I end and they begin
This ain't rebellion, this is reclaiming
I'm done being useful, I'm done explaining
I built safe spaces, I built routines
Made everyone else feel heard and seen
I taught myself how to be the glue
Funny, reliable, bulletproof
I hosted nights, I filled the air
Made it look easy, made it fair
But every laugh cost something real
You don't heal when you're always the shield
They said "you're strong," like that's a cure
Like strength means you don't need more
I stayed until I learned my cost
How much of myself I lost
I played the role, I hit the mark
Smiled through nights that left a mark
They don't see the work it takes
To be okay for everyone's sake
This ain't weakness, this is truth
I'm choosing me, yeah, I finally choose
Alone, I hear the thoughts I mute
The ones that don't fit in a group
I'm not broken, I'm just tired
Of setting myself on fire
If leaving hurts, then let it
If they don't get it, forget it
I don't owe comfort at my expense
I don't owe silence, I owe myself sense
I stayed until I learned my name
Not the one they gave, not the one they claim
I'm not the fix, I'm not the stage
I'm not the calm in your hurricane
I'll still be kind, I'll still be real
But I won't bleed just so you feel
I stayed, I learned, now I decide
I don't disappear to help you survive
I don't need a mask to belong
I was me the whole time all along
Written by: Brendan Phillips
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