The Strong Get Tired

Intro

(oh-oh, mmh)

Verse

I show up every time they call my name

Pick up the pieces, carry all the blame

Smile through the cracks while they take what they need

But when the lights go down, it's just me and these streets

They say I’m too much, or never enough

Look at me sideways like I’m already done

Past keeps pulling, won’t let me stand tall

Every step forward, they remind me I fall

Pre-chorus

I’m a fighter, yeah, but even fighters break

Demons in my head keep calling out my name

Chorus

Where you at when I’m the one who’s drowning?

Always there for you, now I’m the one fading

Tired of the strong act, tired of pretending

Just want to be loved, not what you’re taking

Alone in the silence, nobody sees

World keeps spinning, it don’t wait for me

I’m defeated, hurt, still standing somehow

But the strong get tired too, yeah I’m tired now

Verse

Every door I open, they close it in my face

Give till I’m empty, then they walk away

Demons laughing loud, say the world’s better clean

Without the weight of someone like me

I keep swinging, but my arms getting heavy

Heart full of holes, still trying to be steady

They look down, talk down, never see the fight

Just the version of me they can use for the night

Chorus

Where you at when I’m the one who’s drowning?

Always there for you, now I’m the one fading

Tired of the strong act, tired of pretending

Just want to be loved, not what you’re taking

Alone in the silence, nobody sees

World keeps spinning, it don’t wait for me

I’m defeated, hurt, still standing somehow

But the strong get tired too, yeah I’m tired now

Bridge

(ah-ah-ah) let me be seen

Not the giver, not the machine

Just the person underneath the scars

Want somebody to stay when it’s hard

Chorus

Where you at when I’m the one who’s drowning?

Always there for you, now I’m the one fading

Tired of the strong act, tired of pretending

Just want to be loved, not what you’re taking

Alone in the silence, nobody sees

World keeps spinning, it don’t wait for me

I’m defeated, hurt, still standing somehow

But the strong get tired too, yeah I’m tired now

Outro

(oh-oh… mmh)