Verse 1
I showed you a side I don’t let breathe
Pulled it out slow, put it at your feet
Ain’t no crowd ever seen that man
Ain’t no woman ever held that hand
You smiled wide like I told a joke
Like my truth was somethin’ you could poke
I bled real hard, you laughed real loud
That’s when I learned who you are now
(low, nasty guitar—bent note, let it hang)
Pre-Chorus
That wasn’t weakness, that was trust
You don’t mock what a man bleeds up
I should’ve known by the look in your eyes
You don’t take pain serious unless it’s mine
Chorus
I cracked my chest and showed you hell
You laughed like it rang a bell
I gave you scars I never share
You turned ‘em into somethin’ light, didn’t care
That wasn’t love, that was theft
You stole my truth, gave me stress
Don’t ask me why I shut you out
You laughed at my blood when it poured out
Verse 2
I held it in ‘til it changed my shape
Silence carved me into somethin’ gray
You said I got cold, said I pulled away
Like you didn’t freeze me that way
Now you want talk, now you want “real”
Now you mad I don’t feel like kneelin’
Funny how trust gets called “pride”
When you’re locked outside
(short outlaw turnaround riff)
Pre-Chorus
You don’t get truth just ‘cause you ask
You earn that right, you don’t laugh
At a man who finally drops his guard
Then wonder why the door stays barred
Chorus
I cracked my chest and showed you hell
You laughed like it rang a bell
I gave you pain I don’t survive
Without carryin’ it every night
That wasn’t love, that was theft
You made my hurt a punchline mess
Don’t ask me why I shut you out
You laughed at my blood when it poured out
Bridge (Half-Time – Dark, Threatening)
I ain’t angry, I’m awake
There’s a difference you can’t fake
You don’t get to know that man
The one who shakes when he opens his hands
I learned real slow, but I learned for good
Some folks don’t know sacred from misunderstood
You want my heart? Too late now
You already showed me how
(DIRTY SOLO — less notes, more hate)
Last Chorus (Bigger, Meaner)
I tore myself open, let you see
What no one else gets outta me
You laughed it off, made it small
Like my pain don’t matter at all
That ain’t love, that’s disgrace
That’s spittin’ truth back in my face
So don’t come cryin’ when I shut you out
You laughed at my blood when it poured out
Outro (Spoken / Sung Low)
I don’t hide ‘cause I’m weak
I hide ‘cause I learned who don’t deserve to see
What lives under my skin
You had it once…
You won’t again