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Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I step outside and it hits me
Like rain through a cracked-in roof
Your panic clings to my sleeves
Your grief walks in with you
I hold the door for a stranger
And carry what they can't name
A thousand faces, a thousand fires
All asking me the same
[Pre-Chorus]
How do I stay
How do I stay
When every ache
Finds my name?
How do I hold
What breaks your chest
And still keep mine
From coming apart?
[Chorus]
I got a paper heart
But I don't run
I feel it all
And I still come
I got a paper heart
In a world so hard
Tell me how to help
When it hurts this dark
(Paper heart)
(Paper heart)
[Verse 2]
The news comes in like thunder
On every screen, every wall
Kids with their eyes too old now
Mothers who can't stand tall
Anger is a crowded room
Fear is a shaking hand
I want to reach through the glass
And say, I understand
[Pre-Chorus]
How do I stay
How do I stay
When every ache
Finds my name?
How do I give
Without getting lost
In the heavy tide
Of everybody's hurt?
[Chorus]
I got a paper heart
But I don't run
I feel it all
And I still come
I got a paper heart
In a world so hard
Tell me how to help
When it hurts this dark
(Paper heart)
(Paper heart)
[Bridge]
Maybe help is smaller
Than I thought it had to be
A hand on your shoulder
A glass of water, a seat by me
Maybe mercy is simple
A witness, a breath, a light
Not saving the whole world
Just staying through the night
[Final Chorus]
I got a paper heart
But I don't run
I feel it all
And I still come
I got a paper heart
In a world so hard
Tell me how to help
When it hurts this dark
(Paper heart)
(Paper heart)
I feel it all
And I still come
Details
GeneratedMay 1, 2026
Duration4:24
LanguageEnglish
Style
Cinematic pop ballad with female vocals, swelling crescendos, and a slow half-time pulse; verse stays intimate with piano, muted kick, and sparse strings, pre-chorus opens into rising harmony stacks and snare lifts, chorus blooms wide with layered doubles and emotional belt. Use reverse swells, heartbeat toms, and a final lift of choir pads and cymbal arcs. Bright, huge, and tender in the mix., female vocals, world
Credits
Prompt by
Brigids_Hearth
Brigids_HearthModelAria v5.5
Prompt
A powerful song about an empath in the world today. Feeling bombarded by people’s grief, pain, fear, anger, and feeling moved to help, to comfort, but how? Female vocals, swelling crescendos, drum
