[Verse 1]

I broke down on the yellow line train

My sweater got tear-stained

My favorite record is a slow jam

Just shows you what a wimp I am

I get emo when I watch TV

It always feels like they're talking to me

I broke down on the yellow line train

Can't lie about what's on my brain

[Verse 2]

I know I've ruined a night or two

I couldn't hold back my views

Family dinner turned off the news

Stuck in a silent room

And I'd rather die by the truth

And hide away feeling shades of blue

I've ruined a night or two

[Chorus]

'Cause it's hard being hardcore

I'll cut the lights and cry in the dark more

If you don't feel, then what the hell is a heart for?

'Cause it's hard being hardcore

[Verse 3]

Everybody's got the same blank face

Tough roughing up the place

When you're not putting up a front

Now you're the crazy one

Leather jackets line up at the bar

Good at hiding who they are

Everybody's got the same blank face

[Chorus]

'Cause it's hard being hardcore

I'll cut the lights and cry in the dark more

If you don't feel, then what the hell is a heart for?

'Cause it's hard being hardcore

[Post-Chorus]

Hardcore

Ah-ah-aah, na-na-na

Hardcore

Ah-ah-aah, na-na-na

[Bridge]

So I'd rather die by the truth

And hide away feeling shades of blue

You want tears, I've shed a few

[Chorus]

'Cause it's hard being hardcore

I'll cut the lights and cry in the dark more

If you don't feel, then what the hell is a heart for?

'Cause it's hard being hardcore

[Post-Chorus]

Hardcore (Hardcore)

Ah-ah-aah, na-na-na (Ah-ah-aah, na-na-na)

Hardcore (Hardcore)

Ah-ah-aah, na-na-na (Ah-ah-aah, na-na-na)

[Outro]

Na-na, na-na

Hardcore, ooh

Na-na, na-na, na-na

Oooh-ooh

Na-na, na-na, na-na

Being hardcore

Na-na, na-na