"Lightning" lyrics

If I walk away, it's not weakness
It's knowing the cost of the pieces
You don't deserve my strength
I broke myself to keep it
Silence is loud, when you mean it

There's no hard feeling. Just hard decisions
I kept it real. You kept it convenient
Now, when I'm quiet, that's not forgiveness
That's just me learning the difference

There's lightning in this bottle
I don't wanna let it go
But, some says, you never know
In a flash, it knocks you off the pedestal
But I'm trying to hold it in

I built my walls from broken glass to keep the floors beneath
I keep the storms in mason jars and clean the blood with bleach
I traded whispers for the screams, and screams for silent sake
I give my rage to empty streets and leave the ghost awake

I cage the storm without a sound, but there's sound, when the cage still shakes
The jar won't hold, if all it takes
Is one strike. And it breaks

There's lightning in this bottle
I don't wanna let it go
But, some says, you never know
In a flash, it knocks you off the pedestal
But I'm trying to hold it in

The lightning waits behind the glass
But I don't move