FAULT LINE

Everybody thinks the ground is still Right up until it moves I learned young to hold my tongue Keep the door shut, keep it clean Smile when somebody crosses you Like you never felt a thing Stack it underneath the ribs Layer after layer down A man can carry twenty years Without making any sound

Hook But there’s a fault line Running underneath You can build your whole damn life On something you can’t see Fault line Quiet doesn’t mean fine Keep putting weight above it Something moves in time She said, “You never get angry.” I said, “That ain’t quite true.” I just learned to hide the weather Where it couldn’t get to you Then one night she said my father’s name In exactly the wrong way And twenty years came through the floor Before I knew what broke Wasn’t her. Wasn’t that night. It was everything underneath it. Fault line I finally felt it give All that pressure underneath Finally learned to live Fault line Let the whole thing shake Some foundations need breaking Before a man can change So let the picture frames fall crooked Let the old walls show their age Let the truth come through the plaster Let it tear apart the cage I spent half my life pretending Stillness meant I had control Turns out shaking ain't the worst thing. Sometimes it's how you know you're whole.

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