boy's don't cry... men do Lyrics

Let's take it back guess it started as a kid

I was in the din grandpa told me it's ok to cry but he never did

I knew he was coping through a lot

I was on the carpet playing with my toys as he talked

Said if you feel them coming

Let them out don't hold them in

Friends were telling me the opposite

Wheather you skinned your knee

Or heard about your friend dying

It don't matter manhoods gone if you're caught crying

Got accustomed to being hurt

Accustomed to holding back my emotions within my shirt

Stacked them upon my heart

And all the times I did open up still got burnt

So I learned from them mistakes don't open up you'll get hurt

And when your told as a child you're was to emotional

Don't cry right now you're being way to loud

Acting like a girl get him a dress take his crown

Guess I'm not a real man once them tears come out so

If you're gonna break my heart

I'm better off

I'm better off on my own

If you're gonna break my heart

I'm better off

Better off

I'm better off

If you're gonna break my heart

Then please do it quick

I got places to go I'm stuck inside my routine

I haven't cried since Ben died in 2016

I like doing the same things so I don't have to think

Or let my mind wonder to my emotions

That shows the chink in my armor

That makes me more mad just adding fuel to the fire

Watch the cycle repeat bringing me farther down

If you're gonna break my heart

Then don't tell me I'm weak

Don't tell me I'm worthless

Or that my manhood is cheep

Or that I'm wrong for walking in the shoes that's on my feet

I already know I'm not perfect you don't have to remind me

You don't have to push the issue and act like I'm not trying

To be better

I don't even know what I'm supposed be

Haven't felt like a man since I was touched in elementary

If you're gonna break my heart

I'm better off

I'm better off on my own

If you're gonna break my heart

I'm better off

Better off

I'm better off

Alone

I don't know if your love is free

So I don't want you to wait for me

Oh nah nah nah

Oh nah nah nah

I don't know if your love is free

So I don't want you to wait for me

Oh yeah yeah

Chest tightened

Not the same as it would if I would've bench pressed

I fight these drops more than my enemies

I fight these drops more than I fight for a consistent breath of air

Gasping but still no tears

From one boy to another that's considered a success

Jesus wept that doesn't matter they said

So strong yet still can't move the dam from my eyes

Has the stream dried up or have they forgot their every first action

This strong armor is really just plastic

Chest tightened

Not the same as it would if I would've bench pressed

I fight these drops more than my enemies

I fight these drops more than I fight for a consistent breath of air

Gasping but so many tears

From one man to another that's considered a success

Jesus wept they said that's our guide

So weak but God moved the dam from my eyes

The stream isn't dry

They remembered their first cry

Bathed in the light of a hospitals abstraction

This strong armor held together by tears grafted

Real men weep