Verse 1
I learned early how to grind it out
Keep my head down, never tap out
Steel-toe boots and a tired spine
Hands stay busy, heart stays quiet
Every letdown stacked like stone
Built me walls I called my own
Didn’t feel much, didn’t pray
Just kept moving, day to day
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Pre-Chorus
But I started feeling colder
Every mile made me older
Hard work kept me standing tall
But it cost me feeling anything at all
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Chorus
Soft don’t mean weak, no
It means alive
Means you still feel truth
When it cuts inside
I don’t need a heart of stone
To carry this load
I need mercy flowing
Down this broken road
Yeah the world stays hard
But I’m letting God fix
What life tried to turn into
A heart like bricks
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Verse 2
Bitterness sneaks in quiet
Calls itself survival
Every scar says “don’t trust”
Every prayer feels viral
I didn’t break all at once
It was slow and small
Disappointment by disappointment
Built that wall
I kept saying “I’m fine”
Like a practiced line
While my faith sat rusting
In the back of my mind
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Pre-Chorus
Then I heard Him say, “Son listen
I don’t trade strength for submission
I don’t take your edge away
I just teach your heart how to stay”
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Chorus
Soft don’t mean weak, no
It means alive
Means you still bend
But you don’t break inside
I don’t need a heart of stone
To carry this load
I need mercy flowing
Down this broken road
Yeah the world stays hard
But I’m letting God fix
What life tried to turn into
A heart like bricks
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Bridge (Gospel Swagger / Half-Time Feel)
Mm-mm
Take this stone, Lord
Give me flesh
If I can still forgive
Then I ain’t dead yet
Chains fall off
When love walks in
A tender heart
Is how freedom begins
(Background call-back feel)
Stay soft… stay alive…
Stay soft… stay alive…
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Final Chorus (Bigger, Lifted)
Soft don’t mean weak
It means I trust
Means I still believe
When the road gets rough
I don’t need a heart of stone
To stand my ground
I need a living heart
That can still be found
Yeah the world stays hard
But I’m done with the mix
Let God turn the stone
Into flesh again
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Outro
Hard work don’t require
A hard heart
I’m staying soft
In a hard world, God
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