[Verse 1]
You grew up bubble‑wrapped
Praise for breathing
Gold star air
Every bruise a court case
Every “no” a flared despair
Participation plastic crowns
Thrones of foam and safety signs
You call that “healing inner child”
I call it fear in pastel lines
[Chorus]
This world is teeth like iron
Not your padded
Pastel dream
You wanna stand
Then bleed a little
Grow a spine
Not self‑esteem
Crying at the weather
Like the sky was meant to bend
This world is teeth like iron
It only hugs you when you end
[Verse 2]
You call it “harm” when someone laughs
At that shaky
Paper pride
But shame was once a sharpened blade
Cut us open
Toughened hide
We were forged in hallway storms
Mocked
Embarrassed
Burned alive
We learned fast to bite back harder
Or stay weak and never thrive
[Chorus]
This world is teeth like iron
Not your padded
Pastel dream
You wanna stand
Then bleed a little
Grow a spine
Not self‑esteem
Crying at the weather
Like the sky was meant to bend
This world is teeth like iron
It only hugs you when you end
[Bridge]
You want respect?
Then earn each inch
Take the hit
Feel the flinch
Turn that sting
Into steel
Into grit
Into real
[Chorus]
This world is teeth like iron
Not your padded
Pastel dream
You wanna stand
Then bleed a little
Grow a spine
Not self‑esteem
Crying at the weather
Like the sky was meant to bend
This world is teeth like iron
Bite back hard
Or break and bend