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maeve noiré - if they knew lyrics

“how can you see me if you’re deaf?”
they ask it like logic broke somewhere in my chest
“how do you hear me?” — like i’m faking the quiet
like deafness is a costume and i’m caught in the riot
“are you like helen keller?”
as if one name could swallow my whole life whole—
reducing every breath i take
to a story they half+remember from grade+school

they think thеy’re curious
but their questions bruisе the same places
every time they open their mouths

if they knew how those words don’t fade
how they scr+pe the same wound every day…
maybe they’d think before they ask

if they knew, if they saw past their ignorance
they’d never say, “how can you see me if you’re deaf?”
wouldn’t drag out helen’s name
wouldn’t cross that line again
if they knew how much it tears inside
to answer questions that dim my light—
they’d realize i’m just trying to breathe
but their words keep erasing me
“how can you hear me if you can’t hear?”
a question that follows me year after year
“are you pretending?” — like silence is a trick
like i’m the fraud and they’re the ones who get to pick

if they saw i’m not a riddle to solve
not broken, not fake, not something to “fix”—
they’d understand deafness isn’t absence
and i’ve always been more than they expect

if they stopped making me prove i’m enough
maybe i’d finally feel seen instead of studied

if they knew, if they saw past their ignorance
they’d never say, “how can you see me if you’re deaf?”
wouldn’t compare me to lives that aren’t mine
wouldn’t treat me like some borrowed sign
if they knew how deep the hurt goes
how their questions drag at my soul—
they’d understand why i hide, why i fall quiet
i’m scrubbed raw…
and still feel dirty

if they knew…
they wouldn’t ask
they’d listen
they’d see me

- maeve noire lyrics

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