Verse 1: They call me heartless when I don’t chase, Like tears are the only proof that you break. I learned a long time ago how to hide, Put every wound somewhere deep inside. You watched me leave without looking back, Called me cold when I stayed on track. You saw the silence, never saw the cost, Mistook my composure for something I lost. [Pre-Chorus] Maybe I don’t wear my damage on my skin, Maybe I don’t let anybody in. You think the darkness means I feel no pain, You never stood inside my brain. [Chorus] They say I’m heartless, say I’m made of stone, Say I don’t hurt when I’m left alone. Say I’m so dark ‘cause I don’t fall apart, Like you can measure the depth of a heart. I don’t beg, I don’t break where you can see, I bury the bleeding underneath me. Call me cold, call me cruel, call me what you want You don’t know what it costs me to move on. [Verse 2] I’ve watched people leave and learned to stay still, Swallowed every word I was dying to spill. No dramatic goodbye, no reaching for your hand, I let the ending happen just like I planned. You think I never loved because I let you go, But sometimes loving means you’ll never know. I carry the ghosts but I don’t let them drive, You call that empty I’m just trying to survive. [Pre-Chorus] Maybe I don’t need the world to understand, Maybe I learned how to bury what I can’t. You see the armor and assume there’s nothing underneath, You never heard the war when I couldn’t sleep. [Chorus] They say I’m heartless, say I’m made of stone, Say I don’t hurt when I’m left alone. Say I’m so dark ‘cause I don’t fall apart, Like you can measure the depth of a heart. I don’t beg, I don’t break where you can see, I bury the bleeding underneath me. Call me cold, call me cruel, call me what you want You don’t know what it costs me to move on. [Bridge] Maybe I’m darker than you wanted me to be, Maybe there’s parts of myself you’ll never see. I don’t need to destroy myself to prove I’m hurt, I don’t need to stay broken just to prove your worth. You wanted tears I gave you distance. You wanted weakness I gave you silence. You wanted proof that I was falling apart, But I learned how to bleed without showing my heart. [Final Chorus] They say I’m heartless, say I’m made of stone, Say I don’t hurt when I’m left alone. Say I’m so dark ‘cause I don’t fall apart, But darkness doesn’t mean you have no heart. I don’t beg, I don’t break where you can see, There’s still a war inside of me. Call me cold, call me cruel, call me what you want I felt it all. I just moved on. [Outro] You saw me walking. You thought I felt nothing. You never saw what I carried. Maybe that’s the point.
