This song was never my story to begin with. It belongs to Wess Groh.
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When I first heard Le Bruit de Ton Silence, I realized it wasn't just about two people who almost loved each other. It was about everything fear can quietly steal when we mistake old wounds for present reality.
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I wanted to bring Wess's words to an English speaking audience without changing what made them true. Not by translating every sentence literally, but by protecting the emotion behind each one. The silence, the patience, the hope, and the heartbreaking realization that sometimes love arrives long before we're capable of recognizing it.
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If you've never heard Wess's original version, I hope this remake encourages you to discover it. Because some stories deserve to travel beyond the language they were born in.
This is still Wess's story.
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I'm simply honored to help it be heard by a few more hearts.
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[VERSE]
You never said you hated love
You only stopped believing first
Three men shaped the woman I see
Still whisper louder than my words
You built a home inside your work
Where nothing breaks and nothing leaves
Where trust is measured by the hours
And silence lets you breathe
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[PRE-CHORUS]
Three men shaped the woman I see
Long before you looked at me
Healing never grows from fear...
I'm still standing here
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[CHORUS]
A touch of love...
A touch of courage...
A touch of faith to breathe again...
You've made a home inside your working days
While life keeps knocking in the rain
You think you're choosing who you are
I think you're choosing not to bleed
One day you'll call my name too late...
When I'm the memory you need
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[VERSE]
I never asked you to erase
The battles written on your skin
I only hoped you'd see the difference
Between my heart and where you've been
You guard your peace behind closed doors
Afraid that love will ask too much
But every wall that keeps pain out
Keeps away my touch
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[PRE-CHORUS]
Ghosts still tell you not to try
That's the reason you pass me by
I can't fight what I can't see...
If you won't believe in me
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[CHORUS]
A touch of love...
A touch of courage...
A touch of faith to breathe again...
You've made a home inside your working days
While life keeps knocking in the rain
You think you're choosing who you are
I think you're choosing not to bleed
One day you'll call my name too late...
When I'm the memory you need
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[OUTRO]
One day you'll understand
I wasn't asking you
To trust the past again
Only to trust...
Memore