Steady Hush

[Verse 1]

Little house, thin walls, ticking in the hallway

Fridge hum, truck rush, distant on the parkway

Mama at the table, scribbling on the light bill

Says, “Baby, use your inside voice, that’s a life skill”

Cartoons on mute, captions doing all the chatting

Learned to listen to the room more than to the clatter happening

Air thick with a thousand words nobody touched