It’s Real So You Feel

Fire 2 Title: “Hard to Keep” Verse 1 I’m a glass-half-empty heart with a match in my palm, I’m a late-night sermon, and I preach before the calm. I trade my sleep for answers, chase the edge of dawn, I love like a wildfire — beautiful and gone. Raised on hard lessons, mama taught me to survive, Built my bed from battle scars, learned to hustle to stay alive. I give you velvet nights, then I vanish with the moon, I’m electric in the dark — I’ll sing you and I’ll ruin you soon. So bring your steady hands, bring your iron and your light, Don’t melt when I’m harsh — sharpen when I bite. Pre-Chorus I’m not your fairy tale, I’m the storm you can’t tame, If you want the kind of love I give, you gotta stake your name. Hook (Chorus) Love me hard, love me honest — don’t be fragile when I break, Be the calm in my chaos, be the truth I can’t fake. Hold me close when I’m reckless, stand tall when I combust, Love’s a test of pressure — show me steel, show me trust. If you wanna keep me, girl, don’t be a stranger to the fight, Learn my maps, read my marks — and love me in the night. Verse 2 I move in calculated risks, I gamble with my pride, I run the room like I’m haunted, like I’ve already died. I’m the architect of distance, I build walls to survive, I give you pieces of my soul — don’t piece me back alive. I want a woman who’s wiser than my ways, colder than my storms, Who can laugh at my excuses and keep warmth when I’m torn. Don’t chase my shadow, girl — be the sun that stays, Don’t call me needy names when I’m lost inside the maze. I expect honesty like currency, loyalty like gold, Don’t bargain with my heart — invest, be brave, be bold. Pre-Chorus I’m a mirror with no mercy, I reflect what you are, If you bend to please the wrong things, you won’t last in my arms. Hook (Chorus) Love me hard, love me honest — don’t be fragile when I break, Be the calm in my chaos, be the truth I can’t fake. Hold me close when I’m reckless, stand tall when I combust, Love’s a test of pressure — show me steel, show me trust. If you wanna keep me, girl, don’t be a stranger to the fight, Learn my maps, read my marks — and love me in the night. Bridge I was raised on quiet winters, learned to swallow every pain, I grew a crown from crooked nights, a throne from steady rain. I’m not missing pieces — I’m protection in disguise, I need your fire to temper mine, your honor to baptize. So speak clean, move mean, don’t beg me for a lie, Be soft for healing, hard for fights — don’t serve me alibis. If you can take the storms and turn them into home, Then we’ll build a fortress out of every broken poem. Verse 3 I’ll test your bravest promises, I’ll prod where you are weak, I’ll push until you answer, then I’ll listen when you speak. I don’t need applause — I need someone who stays, Who gives me space to fail but fires back with grace. You gotta keep your mystery but never hide your truth, Know how to forgive the past, and shade the wounds of youth. I move quick, I move cold, but I reward the ones who try, Be patient for my thunder, be fierce when I cry. If you come with certainty and not a counterfeit love, I’ll teach you how to rule my night — you’ll fit where shoulders shove. Hook (Chorus — final) Love me hard, love me honest — don’t be fragile when I break, Be the calm in my chaos, be the truth I can’t fake. Hold me close when I’m reckless, stand tall when I combust, Love’s a test of pressure — show me steel, show me trust. If you wanna keep me, girl, don’t be a stranger to the fight, Learn my maps, read my marks — and love me in the night. Outro (soft, repeating) Learn my maps, read my marks — love me in the night. Learn my maps, read my marks — love me in the night. If you stay, stay real — if you go, go right. —