I Hurt Myself by Rian Makar

[Verse 1] Fog tightens at the quay and I fold my answers small Polished smiles in daylight, secret tremors after all I kept a quiet ledger of the aches I wouldn’t show Pressed them into silence where the lanterns don’t let go [Pre-Chorus] There’s a weight that learned my name and taught me how to hide But hush was never honest — it only hollowed out inside [Chorus] I hurt myself, I owned that tiny, stubborn pain But I found a way to say it — put the hurt into a name I gave the night a melody and then I let it loose I hurt myself, and then I learned the honest truth [Verse 2] Theo’s laugh is steady; Maeve’s words catch in the dark A voice that says it’s okay to break and then remark I carried folded secrets like a coin I’d always spend Until a softer hand said, “You don’t have to keep them, friend” [Pre-Chorus] A close-mic breath, a hummed confession into tape The harbor listened back and helped me learn to wait [Chorus] I hurt myself, I owned that tiny, stubborn pain But I found a way to say it — put the hurt into a name I gave the night a melody and then I let it loose I hurt myself, and then I learned the honest truth [Bridge (synth swell, hopeful)] No instructions, no bright fixes — just small, steady hands A counselor’s quiet sentence, a friend who understands I traded secret edges for a room with open light I learned that asking didn’t make the problem less my right [Chorus (lifted)] I hurt myself, and someone took the weight with me We turned a whispered worry into something that could breathe I sang the scar a softer song, I let the morning through I hurt myself — and that was true, and healing followed too [Outro] So if you find a small ache tucked inside a polite disguise Know the harbor keeps a listener and a sky that forgives the cries I hurt myself, but now I keep a kinder tune A pocketed refrain that carries me through.