Story overview

The Unseen Palette

Create your own art. Intro spoken word Check game I just want to let The vulnerable people Of the world to know You ain't alone no matter How many times you Fall gotta bounc back Up remember that nobody Will love your skin like you Love yours. Listen [Verse 1] What it do, baby, I just thought I would let you know That you've been sitting heavy on my brain, it won't let go I can't believe we gotta walk through all this pain Praying it don't turn into misery down the drain 'Cause I can't afford to take another loss tonight Wondering when this nightmare gon' finally see the light Why, why, why — the tears keep falling like the rain The 808s hit my chest, but it don't numb a thing [Pre-Chorus] They say your eyes don't tell no lie, no lie, no lie But baby, I see hidden tears when I look in your eyes The silence speaks louder than words we never said We dancing with ghosts of the love we thought we had [Chorus] Ohhh, the pain runs deep down through my core Like shadows on the wall, keeps coming back for more I gave you every piece, you gave me back the scars Now I'm staring at the ceiling underneath these stars Ohhh, ohhh, ohhh yeah Hidden tears, we cry in different rooms Hidden tears, too proud to say we're doomed [Verse 2] Feeling like we've been here before, my spirit knows your name The way your eyes look so familiar, nothing's changed Only on the southside where we ride on 84's Cadillac dreams with the leather seats and the closed doors Like a lil' spill on my white tee, hard to wash away These memories of us still linger every single day I'm from Texas, 512, Kyle on the map Countryside green pastures, but my heart stuck in a trap Posted up on Greenfield like a mailbox standing still Waiting for a letter that ain't never gonna get sealed Bridge Tell me, do you feel it too? This weight upon my chest Every time I close my eyes, I see you, can't rest I gave you trust, you gave me doubt I spoke the truth, you shut me out And now the night feels ten times longer When you're the only one I want beside me Ohhh, the pain runs deep down through my core Like shadows on the wall, keeps coming back for more I gave you every piece, you gave me back the scars Now I'm staring at the ceiling underneath these stars Ohhh, ohhh, ohhh yeah Hidden tears, we cry in different rooms Hidden tears, too proud to say we're doomed What it do, baby… I just thought you should know You still sit heavy… heavy on my soul The tears hidden… but they always show Ohhh… ohhh… ohhh… Ghost notes play on and on in my head, Hosted the pain, never wanted it said, Post all my scars — keep the wounds open red, Lost in the war of the things that I've bred. [Verse 2] I'm folding my hands, holding weight I can't drop, Every promise I broke turned to gold I can't swap, Bold in the moment, then hollow when done, Cold is the comfort that covers no one. I'm told to move forward — the road's looking dim, Hold on the sorrow, it's all that I'm in, The old version of me didn't fold — it just flew, And the new version's still paying for views I once knew. Ghost notes play on and on in my head, Hosted the pain, never wanted it said, Post all my scars — keep the wounds open red, Lost in the war of the things that I've bred. Philo-sophizing why I keep looking back, The philosophy's flawed — there's no path that's exact, Every answer I've found just collapses to doubt, And the shadows I cast won't let new light in. I'm sorting through boxes of letters unsent, The effort was lacking, the silence was spent, If I could decode every reason I bent, Maybe tonight I could finally relent. Outro(spoken word) You know the hardest part? It's not the pain you caused... It's knowing you can't uncause it. You can only sit with it. And hope it teaches you something Before it buries you. I sit here and wonder... Why the past won't let go, Why the ghost of my choices Won't let the present flow, Maybe peace isn't found in forgetting the lines — Maybe it's found in the writing... one syllable at a time This is a song I wrote by PHILO called HIDDEN TEARS