This song comes from a place inside me I don’t show very often.
It’s about that rare moment when you finally feel safe enough with someone to stop pretending you’re strong all the time.
When you lay on their chest and everything—every fear, every overthinking spin in your head—just melts away because their arms feel like home.

For so long, I’ve carried myself alone.
I’ve been the fighter, the survivor, the one who stayed strong even when it hurt.
But this song is about the person who makes me forget all of that…
the one who makes my body relax without me even trying…
the one whose heartbeat calms the storms I don’t talk about.

It’s not about passion or fireworks—
it’s about peace.
The kind of peace you don’t realise you’ve been starving for until you feel it.

Writing this made me realise how healing it is to be held by someone who sees you…
not the strong version, not the guarded version…
just you.

Every line is a breath I didn’t know I needed.
Every beat is a piece of armour finally falling away.
Every word is me admitting that sometimes…
being held is the safest place in the world.

This song is a reminder that love doesn’t always roar.
Sometimes it whispers.
Sometimes it’s steady.
Sometimes it’s a heartbeat beneath your ear
telling you:
“You’re safe now.
You’re allowed to let go.”

And for me…
that feeling is everything.

❤️‍🔥❤️❤️‍🔥❤️Shauna Hills❤️❤️‍🔥❤️❤️‍🔥

Heartbeat Safe❤️‍🔥

Don’t make a scene.
Don’t let the room see your jaw go soft.
You know what they think of men who flinch
weak, useless, knock-off.
So breathe through the panic
like you’ve practiced since you were eight:
chin up, chest out,
every feeling locked behind the gate.

If they hear the shake in your voice,
they’ll decide who you are before you speak.
A man who loses his footing
is a man they call weak.
So stand still.
Hold the line.
Pretend you’re fine.
Push it down until it bruises.

Men are steady.
Men are stone. 
Men don’t falter.
Men die alone.

What a fucking joke this is.
The script, the silence, the cage we live.
Inside, it’s shame and fear and noise
a storm no one was taught to voice.
What a fucking joke this is
pretending steel when it’s just skin thin.

You learned early that tears
make people step back, not closer.
That a trembling hand
means you’ve already lost composure.
So you keep your sadness folded
in the inside pocket of your shirt,
carry it like contraband,
pray no one sees it hurt.

And every time you break in private,
you swear it’ll be the last.
But your chest is a pressure valve
that no one taught you how to unlatch.
You laugh too loud, you talk too little
anything to look intact.
God forbid someone asks,
and you don’t know how to answer back.

Men are steady.
Men are stone.
Men don’t falter.
Men die alone.

What a fucking joke this is.
The rules, the pride, the walls we build.
Inside, it’s panic wrapped in bone,
a lifetime taught to die alone.
What a fucking joke this is
surviving silence as a skill.

They told you needing help
was the same as being a burden.
They told you asking for comfort
made you less of a person.
But you weren’t born with that lie
it was handed to you like a weapon.
And every man you know is bleeding from it,
silently, perfectly,
just as expected.

Men are steady. 
Men are stone. 
Men don’t falter.
Men die alone. 

What a fucking joke this is.
You’re human, not a monument.
You break, you shake, you feel
and that was never an accident.
What a fucking joke this is
the lie that turned warm boys into cold men.
Let the truth in.
Let the truth in.

real men die alone

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Hi I´m Rival, 22 years old and fully committed to peanut butter. 

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🍸Lyrics:

We hit a lick so lit 
and recklessly 
rollin’ down the highway 
for all to see
we took a stumble  
and it all went bust
there we go

sipping drinks at clubs
so carelessly
going with the flow
and the ecstasy 

It's all fun and games 
'til we wake up
there we go

Feeding the dreamer
lost in our selves
turning it on
like we where somebody else
So busy chasing
we fall for a lie
like youth is for life

If we could embrace it
the time that we got
This an't a drill
no like it or not
Why do we waste it 
can't rearrange it

intoxicated by youth
youth
intoxicated by youth
youth

flipping lows for highs
so painlessly
because
misery loves company
It's all fun and games 
'til someone's hurt
we should know

Feeding the dreamer
lost in our selves
turning it on
like we're (all) somebody else
So busy chasing
we fall for a lie
like youth is for life


intoxicated by youth
why
why do we chase it
can't rearrange it
intoxicated by youth
by youth
intoxicated by youth
why
intoxicated by youth
and we waist it
youth
intoxicated by youth
why 
youth 
why
why do we waist it
why
can't rearrange it
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🍸Lyric video by: https://www.moxieart.co/

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