Hide Inside

[Verse 1] I’ve been walking through the noise, tryna look like I’ve got poise, but the truth is something heavy on my spine. Yeah, I fight it every day, put the fear on silent play, tell my heart “not now, we’ll be fine.” People see the face, not the mess I chase, not the nights I kept myself aligned. But the shadow kept score, every hit, every scar — and somehow I’m still in the grind. [Pre-Chorus] They only see the outside but never the climb. [Chorus] Only the shadow knows how much we tried. Only the shadow knows what we hide inside. Only the shadow knows — but we’re still alive. Still alive. Still alive. [Verse 2] Yeah, I learned to stand alone, made the darkness feel like home, turned my silence to a steady kind of fire. Every “no” I ever heard, every wound without a word, fed a strength I didn’t know I could acquire. People talk like they care, but they’re barely aware of the wars we keep under the wire. So I carry my truth, walk it raw, walk it smooth, with a heart that refuses to retire. [Pre-Chorus] They only see the shine not what’s behind. [Chorus] Only the shadow knows how much we tried. Only the shadow knows what we hide inside. Only the shadow knows — but we’re still alive. Still alive. Still alive. [Bridge] We break, we bend, but we rise again. We break, we bend, and we rise again. Rise again. [Final Chorus] Only the shadow knows how much we tried. Only the shadow knows — but we’re still alive. Still alive. Still alive.