Hidden
Hidden is one of the most haunting and powerful songs I’ve ever written. Inspired by a friend who survived childhood sexual abuse, it explores the way trauma lingers long after the abuser is gone—how the shadow of that violation follows a person into adulthood, shaping the way they breathe, hide, and try to reclaim themselves. The lyrics trace that painful weight with unflinching honesty, from the desperate need to stay unseen to the dark, complicated act of defiance that tried to rewrite the story. Paired with a Middle Eastern–infused musical landscape, the song becomes something eerie, atmospheric, and deeply human. It’s a piece about survival, hiddenness, and the long, aching work of reclaiming a life that was manipulated by someone who never deserved the power they held.
You can haunt me, start me, taunt me
Through the space in my dreams
But you won’t catch me, break me, harm me
For you, I no longer bleed
And they’re pissing in black oceans laced with pieces of your ruins
A crown of disgrace marking your fate, air thick with shame’s perfume
And I’m here, and I’m hidden, still hidden by the tree
And I’m here, and I’m hidden, still hidden by the tree
Oh, how we love a hero’s rescue
The grant of mercy
How you played on my fear for silence
With money grown on trees
And they’re pissing in black oceans laced with pieces of your ruins
A crown of disgrace marking your fate, air thick with shame’s perfume
And I’m here and I’m hidden, still hidden by the tree
And I’m here and I’m hidden, still hidden by the tree
Take me where you can’t see shadows encroaching
Where your light won’t shine true to soul
In that sacred place where you wrought me
Stealing from me all the good and whole
Poison me with your whisper:
“Don’t you tell, don’t you tell or else…”
© 2009 Lowvee Cole. All rights reserved.
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