Stone face, bleeding heart

I woke up with the weight on my chest

Feels like the world’s on my shoulders

In the armor I forged from the jokes and the grins

Black Buttoned-up shirt hiding storms under skin

Mirror shows a man who’s got it all down

But the glass knows the truth when nobody’s around

Cracks in the smile that I painted so neat

I’m dying inside, but I stay on my feet

They say, “How you holdin’ up, brother? You good?”

I nod like a soldier, like every man should

If I let one tear fall, the whole dam would break

So I swallow the ocean for everyone’s sake

I’m the rock in the river, the calm in the fight

The one who says “I’m alright” when I’m dying at night

I carry the hurt like a loaded gun

Tucked under my coat so nobody runs

Yeah, I laugh a little louder, stand a little taller

Hide the war in my soul just to make the world smaller

God, it hurts to be strong when I’m falling apart

Stone face, bleeding heart

I was taught early: real men don’t cry

So I buried my little boy six feet inside

Every “suck it up” carved another deep line

‘Cause a man keeps the darkness away from their dreams

They lean on my chest like it’s solid as stone

Never knowing the cracks run straight to the bone

If I spoke all the pain, they’d drown in the flood

So I smile through the darkness

I’m the rock in the river, the calm in the fight

The one who says “I’m alright” when I’m dying at night

I carry the hurt like a loaded gun

Tucked under my coat so nobody runs

Yeah, I laugh a little louder, stand a little taller

Hide the war in my soul just to make the world smaller

God, it hurts to be strong when I’m falling apart

Stone face, bleeding heart

One day I might shatter, let the fragments all fall

Scream into the silence, stop answering the call

But who catches the pieces when the strong one breaks down?

Who wipes up the mess when the king loses his crown?

I’m tired of pretending, but I’m scared of the cost

If I drop this mask, tell me—who takes the loss?

I’m the rock… getting worn by the waves

The “I’m alright”… is the lie that I gave

I’ve carried this hurt for so damn long

One day I might lay this loaded gun down

I won’t laugh any louder, won’t stand any taller

Let the whole world see I was never that smaller

Yeah, it hurts to be strong…

Damn, it hurts to be strong…

Please… let me take this stone face off

I’m just a man with a bleeding heart