Letras
I was eight years old on a playground stage
Trying hard to look tough, trying hard to look brave
Hide the tears, hide the fear, don't give 'em a reason
Kids can smell weakness like blood in the bleedin'
Dad said "Stand tall, don't let 'em inside"
Mum said "Be strong, keep your chin up high"
So I locked every feeling behind rib-cage steel
Learned early that truth ain't a thing you reveal
High school hallways, wolves in a row
You never walk slow, never let it show
Act bulletproof, so you don't get hurt
Fighting on my front line, oh
Fighting on my front line, oh
Fighting on my front line, where the world sees light
But the dark won't die, held my breath through wars
Through riots inside, pinned metal to a chest
Where the truth would hide
Never break, never bend
Yeah, that's what they'd see, that's the lie
That they'd carve through the soldier in me
But every I'm good, every I'm good
Was a scream no one could find
Dying on my front line
Every stage of life just raised the stakes
Every mask got thicker, every smile more fake
And every time they asked, hey man, you good
I lie like always, yeah, I'm good, I'm good
I've been fighting on my front line, where the world sees light
But the dark won't die, held my breath through wars
Through riots inside, pinned metal to a chest
Where the truth would hide, never break, never bend
Yeah, that's what they'd see, that's the lie
That they'd carve through the soldier in me
But every I'm good, you? was a scream no one could find
I've been dying on my front line
Boots on the ground, storms in my head
Training to survive while pretending I'm dead
To the trauma, the echoes, the ghosts in the smoke
No weakness allowed, that's the first rule they wrote
Public service, private hell
Stand tall, don't flinch, no one must tell
You bury the nightmares, you swallow the fight
Turn darkness to armor, and armor to light
The light ain't real
It's medicine holding the mask in place
Friends all around, but none truly close
Not one of them knows what I need them to know
Every handshake, every mate, how you been?
Just another locked door they weren't allowed in
I've been fighting on my front line
I've been fighting on my front line
Where the world sees shine, but the shadows climb
Held my breath through wars, through riots inside
Pin medals on armor, I wanna survive
Never fall, never crack, yeah, that's what they see
But that rule only tightened the grip over me
And every I'm good, you? was a plea they left behind
I've been breaking on my front line
Walking down the street tonight
Someone asks how you doing?
And I say the line I've said my whole life
Yeah, good you?
But this time the words taste like goodbye
I turn the corner, and the world goes quiet
No more masks, no more fights
Just darkness and finding
A little peace
Cause I was fighting on my front line
Oh, oh, oh
Fighting on my front line
Oh, oh, oh
Cause I was fighting on my front line
Where the world saw shine, but the shadows screamed
Carried hell on my back just to make them proud
Built a fortress of smiles just to shut it all down
Never break, never bend, that's the rule they decree
But the bravest damn moment was letting it be
And as I walked through the dark, it finally set me free
I laid down my armor
And found peace at last
On my front line