Stereo Hearts (feat. Adam Levine)

How every man feels. What every man knows.

[Verse 1]
I put my pride in my pocket, pain in the dark
Wear a smile like armor, but it’s fallin’ apart
They tell me strength is silence, no room for a scar
But they don’t know I break nightly, cry in my car

I don’t ask for sympathy, wouldn’t know what to do
Even when I’m surrounded, I feel see-through
Yeah, I carry the world but I can't share the load
'Cause they only see value in the things I hold

[Pre-Chorus 1]
Can’t show the cracks, can’t fall to my knees
Got a heart full of thunder, but no one sees
You want a rock, not a man who bleeds
So I bury my truth where no one can read

[Chorus]
I can't hide this hurt no more
But I know you ain't tryna understand
I just pray someday you'll feel
What it’s like to be a man
It’s a quiet war, they never ask what’s in your soul
It ain’t about your dreams, just who you feed and what you hold

[Verse 2]
I was taught that love’s earned, not given
Taught that pain is fuel, not prison
Taught that “talkin’” makes you weak
So I learned how to silence my heartbeat

Had a father who never spoke his shame
Wore a belt like a badge, passed down the flame
Told me “boy, be a man, wipe them tears off your face”
Now I look in the mirror and I don’t know my name

Marriage ain’t safety—it’s survival
You a paycheck to the ones who hold your title
And if you break down, they just call it a phase
But they don’t stay, they just find another man to replace

[Bridge]
Tell me how to love when I was never taught
Tell me how to feel when I was told I should not
Every smile I fake, every war I fought
Just to give them peace from a soul that rots

[Chorus]
I can't hide this hurt no more
But I know you ain't tryna understand
I just pray someday you'll feel
What it’s like to be a man
It’s a quiet war, they never ask what’s in your soul
It ain’t about your dreams, just who you feed and what you hold

[Outro]
A man don’t get flowers 'til he’s laid in the ground
They whisper "he was strong" while I was breakin’ down
And that boy watchin’ me, he’ll do the same
Wearin’ silence like armor, drownin’ in shame

Yeah, this ain’t strength—it’s survival...
And survival ain’t livin’...
But I’ll keep givin’...
Even if I’m never forgiven.

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