Joseph Thompson - Boys Don't Talk Lyrics

Why won't you talk to me?
She screams, as tears roll down her cheeks
He hides his face, to mask the shame, of all the things she never sees
He claims he's the king of OK
But he just doesn't know what to say
When he's been taught his feelings aren't important, so they just get hid away
He's about to cry
You can see it in his eyes
But men are strong, anything else is wrong, so the tears just stay inside

I promise you I'm fine
Don't watch me like a hawk
You'll never understand
Cos boys don't talk
I promise you I'm fine
But you'll never understand
Cos boys don't, boys don't talk

He won't go for help
His problems just get shelved
All to allow for him to be the paternal rock for everyone else
He's got no one to talk to
Or at least that's what he thinks
But open his eyes and he'll see you ready to pull him back from the brink
You know he never shares
Doesn't mean he doesn't care
Can't open him up, because he won't dare, cos boys, boys don't talk

I promise you I'm fine
Don't watch me like a hawk
You'll never understand
Cos boys don't talk
I promise you I'm fine
But we're not fine

It might be fine, if people talked about this stuff
And it might be fine, if mental health got paid enough
And I might be fine, if my problems were big enough but they're not