MAYBE IT’S BREAKING // JB FLEET × VOIDSKULL

[Intro - Close Mic, Felt Piano, Fingerpicked Guitar] [Spoken] I learned real early how to hide the pain. Smile on my face... while the medicine ran through my veins. [Monitor Pulse] [Verse 1] I watched my whole life change beneath fluorescent light, lost the weight, lost the sleep, counted hours through the night. Metal on my tongue, fire running underneath my skin, and while I fought to stay alive, you were already letting somebody in. I crossed the room with shaking knees, one hand against the wall. Everybody needed something, so I kept giving them my all. I said, “I’m fine,” like I believed it, like a lie could make me strong, but strength gets heavy in the silence when you carry it too long. [Pre-Chorus] So tell me— when the strong one starts to shake, when the smile begins to break, who stays? Who sees the man behind the armor when the armor falls away? [Chorus] Who catches the man when the man starts falling? Who hears the prayer when nobody’s calling? I held the line, I did what I had to do, but nobody asked what holding it was doing to me. Who catches the man? Who catches the man? Maybe strength is not pretending that you never hit the ground. [Build] [Spoken, Rising] Maybe strength... is getting up. [One-Beat Silence] [Drop 1 - Emotional Melbourne Bounce] Who catches the man? When the man starts falling— I get back up. I get back up. [Verse 2] I’m a father first, he looks into my eyes, small hand around my fingers when I’m too tired to rise. So I tell him, “Daddy’s good,” though my voice is wearing thin, then I wait until he’s sleeping before I let the fear come in. I brace against the sink, breathe slow and count to ten. Wash my face, straighten up, walk back into the room again. He doesn’t need a perfect man, he just needs me standing near. So I carry what I can for him and never make him carry fear. [Pre-Chorus 2] I’ve been sick. I’ve been broke. Watched a promise walk away. Found the truth between the scans, between the silence and the pain. But one small voice still calls me “Dad,” and that is more than enough to pull me from the floor again when getting up gets rough. [Chorus] Who catches the man when the man starts falling? Who hears the prayer when nobody’s calling? I held the line, I did what I had to do, but nobody asked what holding it was doing to me. Who catches the man? Who catches the man? Maybe strength is not pretending that you never hit the ground. [Build 2 - Monitor Pulse Accelerates] Get back up. Even if I crawl. Get back up. I still hear him call. [Drop 2 - Evolved Bounce / Harder Pressure] Fall— Breathe— Stand— Again. GET BACK UP. [Instrumental - Rephrased Lead, Elastic Bass] [Near-Silent Breakdown] [All Drums Cut - Dry Vocal] I used to think being a man meant nobody could ever see me break. But maybe breaking isn’t the part that makes you weak. Maybe it’s staying down when love is still calling your name. [Soft Piano] And he still calls mine. [Emotional Chorus] So if I fall, I’ll fall forward. If I break, I’ll heal honest. I don’t have to hide every scar to show my son what strength is. I can hurt. I can shake. I can lose what I thought would stay. And still choose love when morning comes. Still get up and face the day. [Final Build] [Monitor Pulse] One breath. One step. One small hand in mine. [Close Mic] I’m still here. [One-Beat Total Silence] [Final Mega Win] Who catches the man when the man starts falling? Sometimes it’s the love he can hear still calling. I held the line, but I know something new: being strong doesn’t mean the pain never gets through. Who catches the man? Maybe nobody always can. So I’ll teach my son the truth— even strong hearts need a hand. And if I hit the floor... I’ll rise the best I can. [Final Chorus Over Bass] Maybe being a man ain’t never breaking at all... Maybe it’s breaking... [Music Cuts] [Dry Vocal] Then getting back up for the ones you love. [Outro - Fingerpicked Guitar + Felt Piano] [Almost Whispered] For the ones you love. [Hard Stop]