What's Dead Never Dies

I learned how to breathe without feeling, how to smile

when I'm hollow inside. Build my heart out of quiet decisions,

every door closed, every tear denied. I gave everything-thing I believed in 'til believe felt

too heavy to hold. Now I walk through the noise like a ghost

does, still standing but already cold. They say love breaks you open,

but I learned how to close. Somewhere between the promises I let myself

go. What's dead never dies, it don't bleed, it don't break.

When there's nothing left burning, no fire can make you shake. What's dead never