Don’t want to be “tough”

“You’re so strong”
I’ve heard it

“You’re so strong”
I’ve learned it

I’ve earned it
I’ve served it
I’ve nerved it

Can’t do harm by calling me “strong”
Wrong.

I’ve curbed it
I’ve swerved it
Don’t want to hear anymore about how “I deserve it”

Take your title and keep it far from me
I don’t want to be “strong”
I want to return it

No receipt
I keep singing I’m weak
but nobody wants to see
that this is what I seek!

I want to be weak!

I want to be loved
I want to be coddled
I want to be soft!

I don’t want to fight
I don’t want to front
I want to lose battles
If I’m being blunt

Come out undone
not go through the fire
I want to retire
Are you the new buyer?
Sell you this strength
No need to inspire
Never a liar
I’m just tired!

Wired to think that strength makes a difference
But where I’m coming from – the weak keep their innocence
You don’t look at a child and blame them for their meekness
You just put up a guard and let them be children

I’m singing
la la la
I want to be a child

la la la
I want to retire

la la la
I want to be soft

la la la
Don’t want to be “tough”