MUSIC THE COLLAPSE

Written, composed and created by Candice Rijavec, with the support of creative tools that helped bring the emotion to life.

You don’t know what silence does…
Until it claws through your bones.

Every part of me is collapsing
under the weight of silence.
Can you hear the scream
that made no sound?

I’ve loved you with every part of my soul.
Waited past when most would break.
And still —
I stayed open.
Still… I kept choosing you.
Even as the ache
grew louder than truth.

My heart…
It tried to break quietly
so it wouldn’t scare the world.
But inside,
I’m screaming —
an earthquake fall.

My cries scream with no sound.
This is the collapse.
This is the fall.
I’m on my knees
after the voiceless call.

This is the silent scream before the fall.

The ache in my chest
is louder than logic,
louder than reason,
louder than hope.

Because love doesn’t wait.
It doesn’t delay.
It’s either present…
or it walks away.

I’d give my last breath
just to be held,
to be seen,
to be chosen —
without doubt,
without fear.

I don’t need to be saved…
I just need to be near.
In your arms.
Where the pain can’t reach.
But I’m curled into ghosts
who don’t even speak.

The tears swell…
but there’s never enough to fall.
I’m dying inside
as I curl into a ball.
My heart is cement.
My feet won’t leave.
But silence is a blade,
and it’s making me bleed.

My cries… no sound…

I have loved you without armour.
I loved you without my walls.
And sometimes a love like this
won’t let you sleep at all.

I just want to be chosen —
as fiercely
as I choose you.

My cries scream with no sound.
This is the collapse.
This is the fall.
I’m on my knees
after the voiceless call.

This is the silent scream before the fall.

The ache in my chest
is louder than logic,
louder than reason,
louder than hope.

Because love doesn’t wait.
It doesn’t delay.
It’s either here…
or it fades away.

If you ever come back…
Know this:
A love like this
lasts forever.
And the door
was never
closed.