Don’t tell me I’ll be stronger

Verse 1

Everybody's got a saying

Everybody's got advice

"Time heals all wounds"

"God's got a plan"

Like that somehow makes it right

They mean well when they say it

I know they're trying to help

But tonight I don't need answers

I just need permission to feel

Pre-Chorus

I'm tired of silver linings

Tired of lessons in disguise

Chorus

Don't tell me I'll be stronger

Don't tell me I'll be fine

Don't tell me this is happening

At exactly the right time

Don't tell me there's a reason

Don't tell me what I'll learn

Right now all I know is

Something beautiful still hurts

Maybe someday I'll believe it

Maybe someday I'll see why

But tonight

Don't tell me I'll be stronger

Just let me cry

Verse 2

Everybody loves a comeback

Everybody loves the ending

Nobody talks about the middle

When your whole heart's barely bending

They see the person you'll become

I see the person that I lost

And I'm still counting all the pieces

Trying to figure out the cost

Pre-Chorus

I know the sun is somewhere

On the other side of this

But that's not where I'm standing

And that's not what I miss

Chorus

Don't tell me I'll be stronger

Don't tell me I'll survive

Don't tell me this heartbreak's gonna

Make me more alive

Don't tell me it's a chapter

Don't tell me I'll move on

Right now I'm still waking up

To a world where you are gone

Maybe someday I'll believe it

Maybe someday I'll see why

But tonight

Don't tell me I'll be stronger

Just let me cry

Bridge

For once I don't need fixing

For once I don't need hope

I don't need another promise

About how I'll learn to cope

Just sit beside me quietly

You don't have to make it right

Sometimes the bravest thing

Is surviving one more night

Final Chorus

Don't tell me I'll be stronger

Don't tell me this will pass

Don't tell me every broken thing

Was meant to crack

Maybe all of that is true

Maybe time will change my mind

But tonight

I don't need a miracle

I just need a little time

So don't tell me I'll be stronger

Just stay awhile