Invisible bruises

✨ Song: “Invisible Bruises” (Full Lyrics)

I wake up with a weight I can’t explain,

No broken bones, but something still feels strained.

Smile on my face but it’s cracking at the seams,

Walking through the daylight like I’m trapped inside a dream.

Everyone says I look fine, they don’t see the signs,

’Cause the deepest wounds are the ones you hide.

I’ve been fighting shadows nobody else can feel,

Trying to tell myself that all this hurt ain’t real…

But I’m learning something I forgot to believe—

You don’t need to be in physical pain to need help,

Sometimes the scars are on the part you never show anyone else.

You don’t have to bleed just to prove that you’re hurting,

You don’t need a bruise to deserve someone’s burden.

You don’t have to fall apart to reach out and yell,

You don’t need to be in physical pain…

to need help.

I’ve been holding every tear behind a wall,

Telling myself “it’s nothing,” till it becomes too tall.

Trying to be strong ’cause that’s what they expect,

But strength is in the moments when you take a breath.

And say “I’m not okay,” even when you can’t explain,

Why your heart feels heavy with unspoken pain.

And I’ve been fighting shadows nobody else can see,

But now I’m learning how to let someone carry me…

’Cause I’m finally starting to believe—

You don’t need to be in physical pain to need help,

Sometimes the scars are on the part you never show anyone else.

You don’t have to bleed just to prove that you’re hurting,

You don’t need a bruise to deserve someone’s burden.

You don’t have to fall apart to reach out and yell,

You don’t need to be in physical pain…

to need help.

It’s okay to speak,

It’s okay to cry,

It’s okay to say you’re breaking down inside.

Healing doesn’t start

From hiding in the dark—

Open up your hands, let somebody find your heart.

’Cause you don’t need to be in physical pain to need help,

Even the strongest souls still need someone else.

You don’t have to bleed just to prove you’re deserving,

You don’t need a wound just to show that you’re hurting.

Don’t wait till you’re drowning, screaming for help—

You don’t have to be in physical pain…

to need help.

No, you don’t have to be in pain,

You just have to say

You need help.

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Yeah…

Not every battle leaves a scar you can see.

Listen…

I been walkin’ with a storm that nobody ever felt,

Carryin’ bags of emotions I stacked up on the shelf.

They ask me if I’m good, I say “yeah,” out of habit,

But inside I’m breakin’ down while pretendin’ to manage.

Ain’t no bandage on my skin, ain’t a limp in my stride,

But I’m wounded in the places where the hurt likes to hide.

Pressure on my chest like somebody took the air,

Pain that ain’t physical but still heavy to bear.

You don’t need to be bleedin’ to be screamin’ for help,

You don’t gotta show wounds to be hurtin’ yourself.

It ain’t weakness to speak when the weight gets real—

Not all pain breaks bones… so