Before Time - The Silent Years Lyrics

I was born under gray skies- no sun, no stars
Just a flicker of a light that never went far
I grew up in a place with no walls, no doors
Only limits I could never ignore
They told me I could be something- they lied
Now I'm just a face, swallowed by time
These silent years-they drag and they choke
It's not a scream; it's a joke
Time's a dead thing, slipping through cracks
Nothing to gain, nothing to take back
I never learned how to matter, just how to fade
An outline in the noise, a half-life, half-made
Tried to build something, tried to stand tall
But every step just led to another fall
I grew older, but I didn't grow up- still small
Waiting for something, waiting for that call...
The silent years, they swallow me whole
A ghost with a body, no tether, no soul
Time's not a river; it's a drain
Sucking you down till nothing remains
I tried to break out, to shout, to bleed
But the world doesn't care-it's too busy with greed
Every dream I had-rotted, gone
Now I'm just waiting for the next dawn
But what's a sunrise when you're already blind?
Nothing to find, nothing to unwind
No climax, no rise, no fall
Just this empty room, these empty walls
No hands reaching, no voices call
The silent years-they were nothing at all.
I was nobody
I am nobody
And you know what? That's fine
Life isn't a journey, it's a crime
The silent years-they eat me alive