Heavy Hands, Heavy Heart

[Verse 1]
You say you love me
But you slam every door
Turn my little mistakes
Into holy war
Call me back in the morning
Like nothing went wrong
Got your arms around my body
But your words come on strong
[Chorus]
That ain’t love
That’s a bully in your chest
Pushing on my tender parts
Calling it a test
You break me down
Then you pull me to your side
If loving you is losing me
I’m laying this hurt down tonight
[Verse 2]
You hide your hurt in a joke
Make the punchline my name
Tell me I’m too sensitive
Like I’m the one to blame
Say you’re only being honest
Say I’m better this way
But kindness shouldn’t cut this deep
Every single day
[Chorus]
’Cause that ain’t love
That’s a bully in your chest
Pushing on my tender parts
Calling it a test
You break me down
Then you pull me to your side
If loving you is losing me
I’m laying this hurt down tonight
[Bridge]
I used to shrink to fit your shadow (yeah)
Tried to twist into your truth
But my heart remembers softness
From some older
Gentler youth
So keep your sharp-tongued halo
Your battlefield bed
I’m walking out in the daylight
With your curses off my head
[Chorus]
That ain’t love
That’s a bully in your chest
Pushing on my tender parts
Calling it a test
You broke me down
But I made it out alive
If loving you was losing me
I’m choosing my own love this time (oh)
If loving you was losing me
I’m choosing my own love this time

Slow-burning blues-soul ballad with male vocals; tremolo electric guitar and warm Rhodes piano carry the verses, brushed drums and round bass in a lazy swing. Choruses bloom with stacked gospel-style harmonies, organ swells, and a touch of reverb-drenched call-and-response. Energy rises on the bridge with a gritty vocal push and subtle horn stabs, then drops to intimate voice-and-guitar for the final hook., r&b, soul, blues