SOFT ENOUGH TO BLEED ⸻ [Verse 1] I kept my voice low so the truth wouldn’t hear me Tiptoed around everything I was feeling You said, “You’re strong”—I wore it like a lie ‘Cause strength shouldn’t feel like learning how to hide ⸻ [Pre-Chorus] I made myself smaller so you could stay Funny how disappearing doesn’t make the pain go away ⸻ [Chorus] I was soft enough to bleed, but never hard enough to leave You didn’t break me—you just proved how much pain I could keep I bent until I blurred the line between your hurt and mine I was soft enough to bleed… but never strong enough to draw the line ⸻ [Verse 2] You loved me best when I was barely there Easy to hold when I was too scared to care I learned your silence like a second skin Started calling distance discipline ⸻ [Pre-Chorus 2] I told myself, “This is love” just quieter, just rough But love shouldn’t feel like being slowly not enough ⸻ [Chorus — HARDER HIT] I was soft enough to bleed, but never hard enough to leave You didn’t break me—you just proved how much pain I could keep I bent until I blurred the line between your hurt and mine I was soft enough to bleed… but never strong enough to draw the line ⸻ [POST-CHORUS] (bare piano, breath close) Soft enough… to stay ⸻ [BRIDGE] (strip it down first — almost spoken) I thought if I held on longer you’d finally choose me back Like love was something earned by surviving every crack (low build) You didn’t ask me to break— I just knew how to bend And every time I almost left I called it trying again (build — tension rising) You say, “Why didn’t you go?” like it was easy to see But when you’re starving for love you eat what you can keep (full emotional peak — raw) I wasn’t weak—I was loyal to a fault And now I don’t know where you end and where I got lost ⸻ [FINAL CHORUS — LIFT / DEVASTATION] I was soft enough to bleed, but never hard enough to leave You didn’t break me—you just proved how much pain I could keep I gave you everything I was until there was nothing left of me I was soft enough to bleed… but not enough to be free ⸻ [OUTRO] (barely there) I thought that was love… it was just me learning how to hurt quietly
