Sandpaper Throat

Verse 1

Swallow the sound

Bite down hard on the metal bit

Locked doors

Told to be small for the crowd

Pre-Chorus

They say my volume is high

They say I should just try

Watching the time slip by

Chorus

Now I am quiet

Now I am quiet

A soft little riot

Under the skin

When I speak you will listen

When I speak you will listen

Only when I feel like

Letting it in

Post-Chorus

Mm mm

Quiet now

Quiet now

Oh oh

Verse 2

Rust on the tongue

Sandpaper throat from the years of yelling

Walking away

Finally free of the noise they expected

Pre-Chorus

They say my volume is high

They say I should just try

Watching the time slip by

Chorus

Now I am quiet

Now I am quiet

A soft little riot

Under the skin

When I speak you will listen

When I speak you will listen

Only when I feel like

Letting it in

Bridge

No more yelling

No more telling

No more selling

My breath for your peace

I stay still

I stay calm

I stay gone

Chorus

Now I am quiet

Now I am quiet

A soft little riot

Under the skin

When I speak you will listen

When I speak you will listen

Only when I feel like

Letting it in