House Of Soul - Strong Man

They say you get what you can handle
That life knows what you're strong enough to bear
But tell me who decides that measure
Who says how much a heart can tear
I've been walking through the storms now
From one battle to the next
And sometimes
I just wonder, when will life give me some rest
They always say, you're so strong
People look at me and say, you're stronger than you know
Thank you but
I'm only strong because
I have to be
Not because
I chose this way
Sometimes
I want to fall apart sometimes
I want to run
Just for once, I want to feel like
I don't have to be the strong one
I keep smiling for the world now
Keep standing tall and brave
I learn to hide the breaking
Behind the face
I show each day
They tell a man to keep on going
Don't let the weakness show
But sometimes carrying it quietly
Is the hardest way to hold
Just one day where
I don't have to hold it all together
People look at me and say you'll make it through somehow
But sometimes
I don't need the answers
I just just need some silence now
They say
I'm a strong man
Like that's the way
I'm made but
I'm only strong because
I have to be
Not because
I chose this way
Sometimes
I want to fall apart sometimes
I want to run
Just for once, I want to feel like
I don't have to be the strong one
I don't need a perfect life
I don't need the sun all day
Just a little quiet moment where the storms all drift away
I don't need somebody telling me that
I'll be fine again sometimes
I just need permission to be human, not a strong man
Just a can feel like chains
Sometimes strength is just surviving
Through the endless waves of pain
So if one day
I break down
Don't believe that
I am done
Just remember, even strong men don't always want to be the strong one