[Intro – spoken]
Yeah…
This that silent pain
The kind nobody clap for
West Coast
[Hook]
Smilin’ through the damage, heart cracked every day
House full of people but I feel far away
She say she love me but her eyes don’t stay
Stuck here for the kids, got nowhere to escape
When I said I might die, they ain’t even react
Just nodded like weather, then went back to their chats
So I wake up alone even sleepin’ in a bed
Learned to live with a heart that already dead
[Verse 1]
Name Danny, once a king in his home
Now I walk through the halls like a ghost on his own
She don’t touch me no more, just performin’ a role
Kiss feel cold like a debt she owe
She stay ‘cause she trapped, no money, no plan
Kids need a roof, so she hold my hand
But it ain’t love, nah, love don’t lie
Love don’t stare through you like you already died
[Hook]
Smilin’ through the damage, heart cracked every day
House full of people but I feel far away
She say she love me but her eyes don’t stay
Stuck here for the kids, got nowhere to escape
When I said I might die, they ain’t even react
Just nodded like weather, then went back to their chats
So I wake up alone even sleepin’ in a bed
Learned to live with a heart that already dead
[Verse 2]
Doctor said cancer, “We gotta run tests”
I told my whole world, they just shrugged at the stress
Like, “We’ll see,” then silence filled the room
Pain hit heavy like an early tomb
No prayer, no fear, no tears in they eyes
Just passed me the remote, said, “Dinner at five”
That’s when I knew I was solo for life
Surrounded by blood, still dyin’ inside
[Bridge – slow, menacing]
Funny how the strong don’t get saved
They just expected to bleed and behave
Carry the weight, never break, never cry
‘Til the day they gone, then they ask “Why?”
[Verse 3]
I used to beg for love, now I don’t even ask
Just put on the mask, keep mowin’ the grass
Fix what’s broke, keep the lights still on
Even when the warmth been dead and gone
Ain’t no shoulder for Danny, so I lean on the wall
Talk to my pain like it’s family calls
Heart stay bruised but I still stand tall
West Coast backbone, I won’t fall
[Hook – Outro]
Smilin’ through the damage, heart cracked every day
House full of people but I feel far away
She say she love me but her eyes don’t stay
Stuck here for the kids, got nowhere to escape
If I die tomorrow, they’ll say “He was strong”
But strength just means sufferin’ quiet too long
So I live with the ache, yeah it’s part of the plan
Broken heart survivor—name Danny, that man
