00:17I've hidden in the shadows, quiet and unseen
00:24A gentle heart that no one ever dreamed
00:31I wanted his last name, his home, his life
00:35Children laughing softly in the morning light
00:41But I stayed silent, never raised my voice
00:46Let the loud boss bitches scream and make their noise
00:54They became the picture that the whole world saw
01:00Why good women like me just faded from it all
01:08I'm speaking up now, but it feels too late
01:15My silence sealed this lonely heavy fate
01:22She takes his last name, he doesn't take hers
01:27Come on, that's the life I wanted
01:31But my words were gone
01:36No good men even know that we exist
01:43We hid ourselves away in quietness
01:48While louder voices claimed to speak for all
01:55We waited silently and watched our future fall
02:07I never shouted what my heart desired
02:10Just hoped that somehow he would be inspired
02:14You went abroad for wives who still believe
02:17In simple homes and roles that used to weave
02:20I would've taken your name without a fight
02:24Built something real in the soft morning light
02:28But I stayed hidden, scared to make a sound
02:31Now good men pass us by without a glance around
02:36I'm speaking up now, but it feels too late
02:43My silence sealed this lonely heavy fate
02:50She takes his last name, he doesn't take hers
02:55Come on, that's the life I wanted
02:59But my words were gone
03:04No good men even know that we exist
03:11We hid ourselves away in quietness
03:16While louder voices claimed to speak for all
03:24We waited silently and watched our future fall
03:31To the good men searching far across the sea
03:37We were always here, but you could never see
03:43We let the loud ones paint us all the same
03:50While we hid our hearts and whispered your name
03:57The baby's never born, the years we lost
04:05A silent sorrow carries every cost
04:11I'm speaking up now, though the time has passed
04:19My silence was the trap that held me fast
04:25Good women like me, hidden soft and true
04:33We never spoke, and now we've lost you too
04:50Our silence was given to me
04:53To be fair, and now we're blocking my eyes
04:57There is no burst any sense to me
05:00We can stop the service we are
05:02Only in love, and now we're expos write
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