Quiet Triumph

Keep it close... Keep it quiet...

Sometimes the strongest dreams

grow where nobody sees them.

Not everybody clapping wants to see you win,

Not every smiling face needs to know where you've been.

Some people love the vision till it starts coming true,

Then suddenly the room feels different around you.

I used to tell my plans before I took the first step,

Giving out my future before I'd earned it yet.

But dreams are like a fire when the flame is still small,

Too many hands around it and you might lose it all.

So keep a little mystery,

Keep something for your soul.

You don't need their permission

To become what you already know.

Don't tell your dreams to everybody around,

Some will lift you up,

some will pull you down.

Build it in the quiet,

keep your feet on the ground,

Let them hear your name when your time comes around.

Move in silence... Let the work get loud.

You don't need applause From the whole damn crowd.

Keep your vision close,

Don't give your power out.

Move in silence... Let the work get loud.

They'll laugh at the beginning,

then watch you at the end,

Call you crazy first,

then suddenly call you friend.

They only see the finish,

never nights you couldn't sleep,

Never all the promises you fought yourself to keep.

Everybody has an answer when the dream is not their own,

They'll tell you what's impossible from places they've never gone.

Stop explaining mountains to the ones who fear the climb,

You don't owe them every chapter before you reach your time.

Protect what keeps you hungry,

Protect what keeps you whole.

Some seeds grow better hidden Before they break the soil.

You don't have to prove it today,

You don't have to answer what they say.

Every brick you lay when no one sees Is building everything you

said you'd be. No announcement.

No parade. No need to show them every move you make.

And when that door finally opens wide,

They'll call it luck...

But you'll remember every night.

(Ohhh... keep going...) Don't tell your dreams to everybody around,

Not every ear deserves to hear them out loud.

Build it in the darkness till the light breaks out,

Stand inside your victory and let the world find out.

MOVE IN SILENCE! LET THE WORK GET LOUD!

You don't need approval From the whole damn crowd.

Keep your vision close,

Never give your power out.

MOVE IN SILENCE! LET THE WORK GET LOUD!

Move in silence... Let the work get loud.

Move in silence... Let the work get loud.

You don't have to tell them where you're going.

Just keep going.

You don't have to show them what you're building.

Just keep building. Move in silence...

And let the work get loud.