Quiet Permission

Verse 1
The city hums, but doesn’t speak
We pass like strangers every week
You hold your breath, I read your face
We learned restraint before embrace

Pre-Chorus
They drew the lines we never chose
Told us which doors are meant to close

Chorus
This is my quiet permission
To feel what they denied
No absolution requested
No need to justify
If love is a condition
I’ve already complied
This is my quiet permission
I won’t live it on the side

Verse 2
Polite expressions, practiced shame
Soft disapproval dressed as faith
I memorized the script they gave
But some desires refused to behave

Pre-Chorus
I tried to stand where I was placed
But truth kept altering the shape

Chorus
This is my quiet permission
To feel what they denied
No absolution requested
No need to justify
If love is a condition
I’ve already complied
This is my quiet permission
I won’t live it on the side

Bridge
No sermons playing in my head
No fear of words I never said
I don’t need pardon, I don’t need proof
I only need to tell the truth

Final Chorus
This is my quiet permission
Heard in the after-hours light
I won’t reduce my reflection
Just to make it right
If this is my decision
Let it be applied
This is my quiet permission
And I choose it every night

Outro
No confession, no disguise
Just an ordinary life