When the heart turns cold

Verse 1

Woke up with a weight on my chest again,

Another day, another battle I didn’t choose.

Trying to breathe through the memories and the moments

That come back swinging like they want me to lose.

Grief don’t knock, it just walks right in,

Sits at the table like an unwelcome friend.

I’m fighting shadows nobody else can see,

But they keep throwing punches inside of me. (inside of me… yeah)

Pre-Chorus

And I’m tired of pretending I’m fine, (so tired…)

Tired of carrying mountains on my spine. (heavy…)

It’s hard when every step feels slow,

Hard when the heart turns cold. (heart turns cold…)

Chorus

When the heart turns cold, (cold… ohhh)

You stop feeling things you used to know.

Hope feels distant, love feels old, (so old…)

And every dream starts moving in slow-mo.

I’m numb from the storms I can’t control,

Lost in the night with nowhere to go… (nowhere to go)

When the heart turns cold… (cold…)

Verse 2

Heartbreak left fingerprints on my spirit, (on my spirit…)

Defeat wrote its name on my skin.

I walk through the world with a quiet kind of pain,

Trying not to break where the cracks begin.

People say “stay strong,” but they don’t understand

How heavy it hits when the fight finds the soul. (my soul…)

Some nights I pray for a miracle whisper,

Some nights I’m just trying not to fold. (not to fold…)

Pre-Chorus

And I’m tired of pretending I’m fine, (I’m not fine…)

Tired of carrying mountains on my spine. (so tired…)

It’s hard when every step feels slow,

Hard when the heart turns cold.

Chorus

When the heart turns cold, (cold-hearted…)

You stop feeling things you used to know.

Hope feels distant, love feels old,

And every dream starts moving in slow-mo.

I’m numb from the storms I can’t control,

Lost in the night with nowhere to go…

When the heart turns cold… (cold, cold…)

Extended Bridge

But somewhere deep inside,

A small fire still survives. (still burning…)

Buried under all the pain,

Still fighting to stay alive. (don’t give up…)

Holding on with shaking hands

To a faith I barely understand. (trying…)

Telling myself in the darkest place,

Every night still has a dawn to face.

— Extension —

Crawling through the shadows, (“crawling…”)

Begging God to lift this load.

Searching for a light to borrow, (“I need a light…”)

Something warm inside this cold.

Even when the tears fall heavy,

Even when the fear takes hold,

There’s a voice inside me whispering,

“You ain’t broken — you’re becoming gold.” (becoming gold… yeah)

Final Chorus

When the heart turns cold,

And I feel like I got nothing left to show…

I’ll keep walking through this unknown road, (keep walking…)

Even if my heartbeat’s moving slow.

Storms don’t last and nights don’t stay,

And somewhere ahead is a brighter day…

Outro

I’ve been fighting battles I never told,

Carrying stories nobody knows,

But I still believe — even in the freezing gray…

I’m just looking for the sunrise

to melt the ice away. (melt it away…)