Hurting Lyrics

I saw it on your face the other day

You're going through something

But when I asked if you were okay

You just said I'm fine, it's nothing

And I wouldn't ever question what you say

But right now I'm wondering

Are you too afraid

That I'll walk away

To even tell me that you're struggling

And I don't know what your home life is like

Maybe you're just trying to survive

Maybe there was a time late at night

You were screaming at God asking "why am I alive"

Sending up a lotta unanswered prayers

Wondering if he was even there

Wondering if there was anybody on this earth that will ever actually care

The truth is there is

But it ain't anybody you've met

Cause everybody that you've ever known

Has done the opposite of what they said

You got a mom and dad

That make you watch your back

Cause they cause you some sorta heart attack

And then you're on the ground

Cause they knock you down

You wanna let it out

Cause you're about to snap

But you can't let anybody know that you're actually dead inside

Don't tell anybody you almost committed suicide

Found a good rope and the knot got tied

But you fell to the floor and you started to cry

Cause you thought that it made you weak

The fact that you couldn't defeat

All of the demons and ghosts

That hurt you the most

24-7 days of the week

So you go to church

And you go to school

You put on a smile and act all cool

None of the people that you hold close even know

So you got all of them fooled

Cause none of them care enough to ask what's wrong

Or care enough to see something's going on

So you gotta just be strong

And stay real calm

And deal with it like you've done all along

I feel like you target your anger at me

Because of something you go through secretly

Caught in a battle that nobody sees

You're stuck in a war and you're fighting for peace

And all you want is some help

Cause you've been stuck in this hell

Hurting everybody else to feel better about yourself

Man, that ain't how this goes

I've been in that place

I've been in your shoes

I've been at the lowest of lows

You can't make the pain just go away

By throwing shade on someone's name

Cause that don't change that they say

YOU'RE THE GUY THAT RUINS EVERYTHING!

Believe me when I say that I never held it together well

I don't ever drink, but I was living at the bottom shelf

And I don't that's a story everybody wants me to tell

But I'm just trying to prove to you that there's a way out of the cell

That you've been trapped in

That almost made you give up

But if there's one thing I've learned

From watching you hurt

It's that you couldn't be more tough

I pray that you hear what I'm saying

So you can be happy when everyone's hating

And trust me with just a little bit more waiting

You're bout to do something that's truly amazing

Cause only the ones who know what it's like to be lost

Are the ones that can make it from the bottom to the top

But those are the people the world tries to stop

And it'll try to take everything that you got

But I'm pretty sure that you already figured that out

Cause the world tried to silence you and shut your mouth

But you don't seem like you're gonna just back down

Nah you seem like you gon' stand up and just get loud

And i'd expect nothing less

After what you've been through I know that you gon' be the best

You gon' leave all the haters and leave all the rest

Just stay on that grind no need for some rest

Trust me I know things are hard

But you're gonna make it through

In this life you're gonna go far

Cause I know God has plans for you

So in this song

I'm just tryna say keep hope

So one day you can prove everyone wrong

That said you were just a joke