Prompt / Lyrics
[Verse 1] Calloused hands Cold fork on tin Four boys lined up Shirts tucked in "You fall You stand You don't complain" He'd say it once and say it again [Verse 2] Winter wind through cracked-up glass Blisters Bruises Nothing asked We bit our tongues till they bled red Every "I'm fine" the same word unsaid [Chorus] You gave us tough love Iron in our spines Built us like a fortress Brick on tired brick at a time We never cried in front of you Never said it hurt to grow We learned to lift the world in silence That's the only love we'd know [Verse 3] You came home late Boots by the door Dropped your keys on the kitchen floor Eyes like stone Too tired to speak Turned your back so we stayed weak [Bridge] Were you scared that we'd break If you ever broke too Did the weight on your chest Feel heavy like ours grew I still flinch at my own voice When it shakes in the dark Your shadow in my sentence Your echo in my heart (yeah) [Chorus] You gave us tough love Iron in our spines Built us like a fortress Brick on tired brick at a time We never cried in front of you Never said it hurt to grow We learned to lift the world in silence That's the only love we'd know [Chorus] You gave us tough love Now I'm staring at your grave Four men standing Fists unclenched Too late to misbehave Tears finally fall for the first time For the boy you hid below You taught us how to carry pain You forgot to let it go
Tags
folk, Acoustic power-ballad feel with soaring male vocals over rich piano and lyrical violin; verses stay intimate and close-mic’d, then choruses swell with stacked harmonies and dramatic string swells. Fingerpicked acoustic guitar glues everything together, pacing like a stripped-down speed metal anthem slowed into a powerful ballad, dynamics rising from tense restraint to a cathartic final chorus., ballad, power metal, violin, metal, strong, speed metal, acoustic
Duration
4:13
Instrumental
No
Created
4/6/2026