## Metadata
**Caption:** hard rock, acoustic to electric build, introspective, dynamic, 100 BPM, male vocal
**BPM:** 80
**Duration:** 165.0s
**Key:** G# minor
**Time Signature:** 4

## Lyrics
[verse]
No one knows what it costs to stay this calm
No one sees the storm behind the quiet palm
I carry weight that nobody can see
A war inside that no one fights but me

[verse]
My eyes are steady but my heart's a wreck
I hold it steady, keep it all in check
If you could see beneath this even stare
You'd find a man who's barely holding there

[chorus]
Behind these tired eyes, a hidden ache
Behind this quiet smile, a heart that breaks
Nobody knows the man I really am
Behind blue eyes, just trying to understand

[verse]
I've built a wall so no one gets too near
Told myself it's safer living here
But every wall I build to keep you out
Just locks me in with every silent doubt

[chorus]
Behind these tired eyes, a hidden ache
Behind this quiet smile, a heart that breaks
Nobody knows the man I really am
Behind blue eyes, just trying to understand

[bridge]
If I could show you everything I hide
Would you still stay here standing by my side
Or would you run before the truth got through
Behind blue eyes, I'm only reaching out to you

[chorus]
Behind these tired eyes, a hidden ache
Behind this quiet smile, a heart that breaks
Nobody knows the man I really am
Behind blue eyes, just trying to understand