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Bury The Room lyrics
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Intro
They walked in with thunder, I walked in with the tide One breath at a time, watch the whole room get quiet
Verse 1
Judges already know how this ending, I just make it official I don't raise my voice, I just stack every word like a missile He came with the flash cards, I came with silence and timing Speak soft, then I bury the room, ain't no need for the whining They expect the explosion, I give them the calm in the riot Every sentence a scalpel, every pause is a siren He raising the volume, I'm lowering the temperature, defiant The air getting thinner, his arguments dying in silence I don't need the spotlight, the spotlight finds the composed He swinging for fences, I'm hitting the gaps that he chose The clock in my favor, every second exposing the pose He loud with the bravado, I'm quiet with the data that shows
Chorus
Bury the room, speak soft, bury the room They came with the noise, I just turned it to tomb Judges lean forward, the loud one starts to fume Bury the room, speak soft, bury the room No need for the sirens, the silence is the boom He still talking loud but the oxygen left the room Coach stood first clapping, respect cut through the gloom Bury the room, speak soft, bury the room
Verse 2
The lobby still humming with what didn't get said He left with his team, but the echo stayed in his head I don't celebrate loud, I just nod to the night Another one buried, another one learned how to fight quiet They ask how I do it, I tell them the same every time Stack the facts like a missile, then let the room do the crime No raised hands, no gavel, just the weight of the line He came for a battle, I came for the burial sign The coach shook my hand after, said you didn't even try That's when I knew the quiet had already won the whole night Bal Harbour lights flickering, salt air on my collar The win don't feel loud, it feels like the room getting smaller
Bridge
I saw his hands shaking when the last word landed All that volume couldn't hide what the silence demanded Some nights I wonder if the calm is a cage of my own But tonight the room buried itself, and I just watched it go
Chorus
Bury the room, speak soft, bury the room They came with the noise, I just turned it to tomb Judges lean forward, the loud one starts to fume Bury the room, speak soft, bury the room No need for the sirens, the silence is the boom He still talking loud but the oxygen left the room Coach stood first clapping, respect cut through the gloom Bury the room, speak soft, bury the room
Outro
Bury the room, speak soft, bury the room
Inside the recording
They walked in with thunder, I walked in with the tide One breath at a time, watch the whole room get quiet
Bury the room, speak soft, bury the room They came with the noise, I just turned it to tomb
Bury the room, speak soft, bury the room
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