You ask how I feel
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You say you care
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But I know the truth
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No one's really there
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For three winters deep in the cold; in the grind
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I woke to the snow, but it's war on my mind
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The world keeps turning, the shells keep falling near
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But back home they whisper, they judge, they fear
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They say "open up"; they say "let it out"
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They claim they're listening, but I have my doubt
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They feed on the fracture, they feast on the pain
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Then twist it against you again and again
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They need you to break, they need you to fall
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To prove their world's safe behind their wall
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They poke at the wound to "check if you're fine"
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But it's never for you - it's all for their mind
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You say you empathise
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But it's just a disguise
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You want me to bleed
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So you feel wise
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They don't care
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They never really do
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They don't care
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It's all a show for you
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They don't care
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They'll use it when you speak
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They need you strong or weak
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They need you strong or weak
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They need you strong or weak
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They don't care
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Just keep it locked inside
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They don't care
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The truth is where I hide
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They label you leper, they whisper behind
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They thank you with words that are empty and blind
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They say "thank you for service," then turn away fast
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When the quiet gets heavy and the memories last
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They fashion your pain into something to wear
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A badge for their pity, a cross they can bear
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But when you stay steady, when you don't collapse
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They poke a bit harder, they tighten the traps
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The ones who stayed silent knew better than most
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Talking just feeds the judgmental host
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They twist every word, they weaponise trust
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They turn your truth to dust
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You say you empathise
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But it's all selfish lies
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You want me to break
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So you feel alive
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They don't care
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They never really do
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They don't care
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It's all a show for you
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They don't care
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They'll use it when you speak
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They need you strong or weak
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They need you strong or weak
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They need you strong or weak
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Keep it inside
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Lock it down
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Don't let them see
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The weight of the crown
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They don't care!
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They don't feel!
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They don't know
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What is real!
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THEY DON'T CARE - THEY NEVER DID!
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THEY DON'T CARE - JUST LIKE THEY SAID!
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THEY DON'T CARE - KEEP IT BURIED DEEP!
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THEY DON'T CARE - SILENCE IS WHAT I KEEP!
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Instil cultures teach silence
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Some teach you to speak
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One keeps you unbroken
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The other makes you weak
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They say "share your burden"
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But it's never to heal
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It's to feed on the fracture
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To prove what they feel
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I'm still me after winters
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Still standing, still whole
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But the trap is the talking
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It costs too much soul
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They don't care
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They never really do
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They don't care
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It's all a show for you
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They don't care
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They'll use you when you speak
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They need jokes and you'll ask
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Silence is what I keep
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But I'm still here, still me
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And that's what sets me free
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Three winters at war
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And I'm still torn
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Valley Way home
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That I know
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No, No
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Hanna
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