[Verse 1]
Got my hair cut Friday
Posted up that same old smile
Friends all say I'm glowing
"Haven't seen you this good in a while"
Yeah, I laugh right on cue
Change the subject, pass out the drinks
But there's a storm behind these eyes
They still say I'm doing fine
[Verse 2]
I pay bills, I keep busy
Hit the gym, I make my bed
Got a calendar of birthdays
Send the texts I never read
"You're so strong," they keep saying
Like it’s some kind of praise
If you looked past this fake grin
You’d see it’s holding me in place
[Chorus]
How can you not see I'm broken?
Every breath feels like it's burning in my chest
I'm hanging on by a word unspoken
Holding the pieces, call it a pretty mess
I'm screaming in silence, hoping
Someone might notice the way I shake
How can you not see I'm broken
When I feel it with every move I make?
[Verse 3)
I clean the house, mow the yard
Say I'm fine in the church courtyard
Laugh at jokes that barely land
Shake their hands, be their “strong man”
But under these calloused palms
My heart’s worn thin like my Sunday Psalms
Every word feels like it shakes
[Verse 4)
Invisible cracks in a midnight window
I’m shattered in ways they don’t know
Holding it together with a worn-out smile
Breaking every inch, every lonely mile
They just see the boots and the back that’s strong
Can’t hear the silence in my country songs
I’m screaming on the inside, but it never shows
Just invisible cracks in a midnight window
[Chorus]
How can you not see I'm broken?
Every breath feels like it's burning in my chest
I'm hanging on by a word unspoken
Holding the pieces, call it a pretty mess
I'm screaming in silence, hoping
Someone might notice the way I shake
How can you not see I'm broken
When I feel it with every move I make?
[Bridge]
What if I said, “I’m not okay”
Would you leave, would you stay?
Could you love the mess I hide?
The person who’s tired of “I’m all right”
I ain’t asking you to fix this storm
Just sit with me till the morning’s warm
If I stopped smiling
If I stopped trying
Would you finally ask me
Why I’ve been dying
To tell you the truth, I’m tired
Of being the tough one
I’m not a success story
I’m just stunned
How can you not see I'm broken?
I'm screaming in silence, hoping
Someone might notice the way I shake
How can you not see I'm broken
When I feel it with every move I make?
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