Hurt Alone

[Intro: Witt Lowry]

Yeah

[Verse 1: Witt Lowry]

Knew as soon as I got the call that there was somethin' wrong

I had fell asleep with the TV on

I said, "Hey, you good?", there was a brief pause

Then you said to me, "He's fuckin' gone"

Now my hands are shakin', my mind is racin'

My heart is achin', don't know what to say

So I said the first thing that came to mind

Which was somethin' like, "You're gonna be okay"

"You're gonna be okay?" What a foolish phrase

Like your whole life's not about to change

And your only options are to sit in pain

Or become so numb you can't feel a thing

And the days will change, but they'll feel the same

You'll wanna run away, but you can't escape

Goin' nowhere fast down the interstate

Only say all that 'cause I know the pain

And to feel like you wanna disappear

I hope you know that I'm always here

The sad truth is I can't bring him back, but can lend an ear, so

[Chorus: Kyd the Band & Witt Lowry]

You don't have to hurt alone, hurt alone

I can't fix it, but you won't be by yourself

And I know I'll never know, never know

What you've been through, all the messed-up things you've felt

But I can stay down, heavy in the pain now

We don't have to talk if the words don't help

You don't have to hurt alone, hurt alone

I can't fix it, but you won't be by yourself (Yeah)

[Verse 2: Witt Lowry]

I used to think, "Damn, I wish I had a fam," until I realized that I had two

There's the one assigned to me out the womb and the one that I got to choose

So know that you're fam to me, and for family, there's not much that I wouldn't do

Been losing your sanity, understandably, and the only way out's to go through

But they say you grow through what you go through

The truth is that I owe you

You were my lifeline in my dark times

Now it's my turn to console you

Even though I know the truth is nothing will

This trauma's gonna take some time to heal

I know the woe of losin' someone close

Still, I'll never know the way you truly feel, damn

But if you need to vent or not be alone in your head

Just name the time and the place, I'll be on my way, I'm not one to just leave you on read

'Cause that's what you do for your friends and people you love

You don't let 'em drown when they wanna give up

And trust me, I know how hard it can be findin' someone you can trust, but

[Chorus: Kyd the Band]

You don't have to hurt alone, hurt alone

I can't fix it, but you won't be by yourself

And I know I'll never know, never know

What you've been through, all the messed-up things you've felt

But I can stay down, heavy in the pain now

We don't have to talk if the words don't help

You don't have to hurt alone, hurt alone

I can't fix it, but you won't be by yourself

[Verse 3: Witt Lowry]

Don't know if you've ever thought of tryin' therapy

It's helped me find a little clarity

Been learnin' not to care about opinions from people who won't be there when they bury me

I was so desperate, I booked a session

Clicked the first place Google recommended

Someone answered and asked me a couple questions

Told her, "Ma'am, I can't fix this depression

I don't want attention, wanna run away"

Said she couldn't see me 'til the 28th

That was twenty days, was thinkin', "Oh okay

That's a lotta time when you're about to break"

I was about to break, I needed fuckin' help

But couldn't do it all by my-fuckin'-self

Hate the stigma put on my mental health

Society taught me how to hate myself

But I'm still breathin'

Still speakin', heart's still beatin'

Countless nights battlin' with demons

And I'm still here, guess I'm undefeated

And I was thinkin' this could help

Maybe in my story you can find yourself

Hard to understand the hand that you were dealt

You don't owe shit to anyone except yourself

Yeah, except yourself, know he's lookin' down

And just like me, know he's fuckin' proud

Your anxiety is gonna chop you down

Until you start believin' that you let him down

But never let it win, the battle starts within

It's where you go from here and not where you begin

It's a blessin' to call you a friend and to know that you let me in, so

[Outro: Kyd the Band]

You don't have to hurt alone, hurt alone

I can't fix it, but you won't be by yourself