Heart of Stone - Hawk Sinferno

Ive had to deal with alot in my life, and sometimes its made me cold and distant. At one time, i had wished I felt nothing anymore, but my heart was too damn stubborn to leave me be. Hiding from what you feel isnt strength. Dealing with it is. Music Arranged by Suno Lyrics Written by Me Images and Animation done with Grok Imagine and ChatGPT The Abyssal Saloon is a private community focused on making musical excellence. Please check out my fellow Saloon patrons: ‪@frazzle68‬ ‪@dyabolikal‬ ‪@Kaishiasahi‬ ‪@AizenAsahi‬ ‪@SasumaSukyami‬ ‪@Kivox-VT‬ ‪@Kaelith-luvs-Kivox‬ ‪@ExiledKingBroly‬ ‪@fusedmusicdude‬ ‪@LyricalAbsinthe‬ ‪@DarkGameRyan‬ ‪@TheRealArdenDrakonis‬ ‪@TherealLilithdrankonis‬ ‪@OpalUsagi‬ ‪@ApsuBlack‬ ‪@PalagaraBlue‬ ‪@CrawlysNova‬ and more! Lyrics: [Intro — sparse piano, distant violin] I don't remember laying every stone. I only know the wall is here. And somewhere underneath it... Something's still beating. [Verse 1] I learned to keep the curtains drawn, The doors all bolted tight. Stopped leaving pieces of myself Where someone else might find. I got good at being quiet. I got comfortable alone. And somewhere between then and now I built a heart of stone. [Pre-Chorus] Don't ask me who put it there. Don't ask me where it starts. Some things survive by hiding In the darkest fucking parts. [Chorus] I've got a heart of stone, Or that's what I tell myself. Nothing gets beneath these walls. Nothing reaches somewhere else. But every now and then Something gets too close to home, And I hear that bastard beating Underneath this heart of stone. [Verse 2] I heard somebody singing Like forever still was real. And something underneath the stone Remembered how to feel. For just a second, I remembered What it meant to let someone close. Then every wall inside me whispered, Don't. That's the road you already know. [Pre-Chorus] So don't mistake that little heartbeat For an invitation home. There's a reason I keep everything On my side of the stone. [Chorus] I've got a heart of stone. At least that's what I say. I've learned to watch the beautiful things Without reaching out their way. I can smile when someone finds The thing I used to want. Then go back behind these walls And pretend that I don't. I've got a heart of stone. God... I almost wish I did. [Verse 3 — quieter] I don't hate love. That's the worst part. I still know it when I see. I still hear it in a melody And wonder what it wants from me. I can watch two people hold What I don't know if I'd hold again. And be happy that they found it... While locking mine back in. [Instrumental — lonely violin over slowly building guitars] [Bridge — everything falls away; voice and heartbeat] I tried to starve the feeling. Tried to bury it alive. Built these walls to save it. Then I built them twice as high. I told myself I'd killed it. God knows how hard I've tried. But I couldn't make it stop loving. I couldn't make it die. [THUMP] I tried to kill this heart of mine. [THUMP] The bastard's still alive. [Full band crashes in] I DIDN'T TURN TO STONE BECAUSE I STOPPED CARING. I TURNED TO STONE BECAUSE I NEVER FUCKING STOPPED. [Final Chorus] I've got a heart of stone, But now I know the truth. The stone was never my heart. It was everything I built around it To keep the world from getting through. And I don't know if these walls Will ever finally come down. I don't know if I'll ever trust Someone enough to let them out. But somewhere underneath them, Through every scar I've ever known, That stubborn bastard's beating Inside this heart of stone. [Outro — instruments gradually disappear until only violin and heartbeat remain] So don't come here to save me. Don't promise me a home. Don't tell me love can fix Everything I've learned to know. Maybe someday I'll open up. Maybe I won't. I don't know. But I finally stopped pretending There was nothing left below. [THUMP] Still here. [THUMP] Still beating. [THUMP] Underneath the stone.