[Intro – distorted 808s + low guitar scrape] Step in the black where the light gets murdered Soft hearts get harvested, soft hearts get buried [Verse 1] Born in the pitch where the concrete bleeds Shadows got teeth and they feed on the weak Every lesson carved in the bone with a blade Mercy’s a luxury dead men paid I watched the gentle ones get turned into meat Smiles get broken, spines get discrete This realm don’t negotiate, don’t do debate Soft heart blinking? That’s a fucking open gate They smell the warmth, they circle the scent Turn your empathy into a permanent dent I used to feel everything, now I feel steel Heart went black so the dark couldn’t steal [Chorus] In the shadow realm, soft hearts get targeted Bleed once and they brand you, break once and they market it Hardened by the things that the light never sees Now my chest is a fortress, cold as the freeze Trap in the metal, metal in the trap Heart turned titanium, never going back Shadow realm rules: either harden or fold Soft heart’s a target — watch it get sold [Verse 2] Midnight courtrooms where the judges wear hoods Sentences written in arterial floods I learned to speak silence, learned to love weight Learned that compassion is just delayed fate Every scar is a contract I signed with the void Every tear I refused is a weapon deployed They probe for the crack, they dig for the give I sealed every door so the soft couldn’t live Now I move like a glacier with blood on the edge Feelings got locked in a permanent cage You can call it cold — I call it survival code Soft heart’s a target walking straight down the road [Chorus] In the shadow realm, soft hearts get targeted Bleed once and they brand you, break once and they market it Hardened by the things that the light never sees Now my chest is a fortress, cold as the freeze Trap in the metal, metal in the trap Heart turned titanium, never going back Shadow realm rules: either harden or fold Soft heart’s a target — watch it get sold [Bridge – half-time, guitars choking] I remember the kid who still believed in the dawn Watched the shadows peel him until nothing was on So I killed what was left of the soft and the pure Buried it deep where the dark keeps it sure Now the realm can’t touch me — I became what it is Heart made of iron and razor-wire ribs [Final Chorus – full weight] In the shadow realm, soft hearts get targeted Bleed once and they brand you, break once and they market it Hardened by the things that the light never sees Now my chest is a fortress, cold as the freeze Trap in the metal, metal in the trap Heart turned titanium, never going back Shadow realm rules: either harden or fold Soft heart’s a target… And I’m never soft again. [Outro – 808s fading into static] Hardened. Forever.
