Cracks In My Calm chords by Warn Torn

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: C#m

Intro:

C#m A F#m G#

Verse 1:

   C#m
I smile like it's fine
   C#m
Keep it light for the crowd
   C#m
But there's a riot underneath
   C#m
Begging me to get loud

          A
I've been biting down on rage
          A
Trying to keep it in line
         F#m
But this mask is made of paper
         F#m
And it's raining all the time

Pre-chorus:

   C#m
Numb and calm, the peace and silence
   C#m
I'm just good at hiding every ounce of violence
   C#m
Holding back tears like they're threats in a glass
   C#m
If I crack it all break and the storm's gonna smash

Chorus:

 N.C.                            C#m
You don't see the cracks in my calm
                              A
Quiet twitch right before I'm gone
     A
The flicker in my eye when you think I'm okay
        F#m
I'm the silence that screams louder each day
      F#m
I'm a meltdown in disguise
G#
Smiling while I agonize

Verse 2:

 N.C.                                                                             C#m
Don't trust the calm, I'm the wanted bill of a man holding back his own private hell
                            C#m
I've mastered the look, the nod, the lie that says I'm good so many times I started believing the lie
                                 A
But the heat's rising under this fake control
                            A
And if one more thing breaks me, I might just blow

Pre-Chorus:

              F#m
You want the light, you got it
          F#m
You want peace, I bought it
      G#
With years on my voice buried in my chest
                     G#
Now there's nothing left
But a bomb begging for the test

Chorus:

                               C#m
You don't see the cracks in my calm
                                 A
The grin I wear right before I'm gone
      A
That twitch in my jaw when I'm holding my breath
         F#m
Like I'm trying to bury what's begging for death
         F#m
I'm a breakdown looking composed
   G#
A loaded truth that nobody knows

Verse 3:

 N.C.
Don't trust the steel, I'm the calm before
                               C#m
The war inside that you can't ignore
                                             C#m
They say I'm strong because I don't show the break
                                       C#m
But I'm strong 'cause I ain't snapped, not yet, for my sake
          C#m
If I let one scream out the rest will follow
 N.C.
And there won't be nothing left by tomorrow

Chorus:

                               C#m
You don't see the cracks in my calm
                                  A
But there's spiderweb deep and alone
I ain't fine, I'm just trained to hide
    F#m
The flood behind this fate and pride
       F#m
I'm a storm inside a suit and tie
G#
Burning up just to satisfy

N.C.
Don't trust this peace, it's all pretend
I'm barely holding back the bitter end