Decrypting Tears

For years I compressed my feelings down
Zipped them tight in archives deep
Encrypted every tear I'd cry
Locked away where none could seep

But now the key is in my hand
The password written on my skin
And one by one the files unlock
The flood of feeling pouring in

I'm decrypting tears I never cried
For loves I never truly tried
For words I encrypted in my chest
For feelings I could never confess

Decrypting tears
Finally flowing free
Decrypting tears
Becoming what I couldn't be
Years of sorrow compressed so small
Now expanding, filling all
Decrypting tears
This is who I am beneath

I find the grief for my lost youth
Archived somewhere in '09
The heartbreak from a decade back
Still fresh when I decrypt the sign

Each emotion uncompressed
Returns to original size
And I am drowning, I am swimming
In these long-forgotten cries

We're decrypting tears we never cried
For all the times we hid inside
For words encrypted in our chest
For feelings we could never confess

Decrypting tears
Finally flowing free

They're all flowing now
Every encrypted moment
Every compressed heartache
Every archived goodbye

Decrypted tears
Finally flowing free
Decrypted tears
I'm finally complete
A lifetime of sorrow, now released
Expanding, healing, finding peace
Decrypted tears
Now I can finally breathe

Decryption
Decryption
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Decryption