They tell boys to wipe their eyes When they fall down in the dirt Tell them tears won't make it better Tell them crying only hurts So they learn to bite their lip When something gets too much Learn to laugh when something hurts And never say too much Then those boys grow into men Who've got really good at hiding They can talk about the football But not about what's inside them And we wonder why they're quiet Why they never say they're struggling Maybe they were taught so young That silence was the answer Let it out Let it out You don't have to bottle everything up Let it out Let it out You don't have to pretend you're tough enough They become the dads Who tell their sons to be strong The ones who keep the family going Even when something's wrong They go to work They pay the bills They show up every day Then someone asks them "How are you?" And they say "Yeah, I'm okay" They lose their mates They lose their parents They lose parts of themselves But somehow saying "I can't cope" Still feels like asking for help So they swallow every feeling Put the lid back on the jar Then wonder why the smallest thing Can sometimes hit so hard Let it out Let it out You don't have to bottle everything up Let it out Let it out You don't have to pretend you're tough enough You can talk You can cry You can say you're not alright Nobody's going to think you're weak Let it out Just let it out Somewhere along the way we told boys to toughen up Told them tears were weakness Told them silence was strength So they grew into men who know how to fix everything Except what's happening inside their own heads They learned to carry everyone But never let anyone carry them We can't afford to lose another great man. We can't. Let it out Let it out You don't have to bottle everything up Let it out Let it out You don't have to carry all of this alone You can talk You can cry You can finally say what's on your mind Nobody's going to think you're weak You're allowed to hurt You're allowed to break You're allowed to say "I need some help" Let it out Just let it out For every boy who was told not to cry For every man who learned to hide You don't have to anymore. Let it out.
