MARINA - Soft To Be Strong [Official Audio]

Official Audio | MARINA - Soft To Be Strong

"I created ‘Love + Fear’ as 2 separate records to be listened to individually. A lot of us think of love as positive and fear as negative but the truth is there are positives found within fear and negatives found in love. One of the things I struggled with in the past was letting fear get in the way of love. Love scared me so much. ( Um... remember Electra Heart?!). This record is a result of working through that." - M

LYRICS
[Verse 1]
I know it’s hard to be soft
I know it hurts to be kind
I know that when love is lost
It’s only fear in disguise

[Chorus]
And I guess I’ve known it all along
The truth is you have to be soft to be strong
Finally I feel the fear is gone
I found out love has to be soft to be strong
Soft to be strong

[Verse 2]
I believe the world is beautiful
Only the weak ones are cruel
I choose to love you without fear
No shame in being sincere

[Chorus]
Cause I guess I’ve known it all along
The truth is you have to be soft to be strong
Finally I feel the fear is gone
I found out love has to be soft to be strong
Soft to be strong

[Bridge]
And I made myself believe other people wanted to hurt me
Took my bitterness and made it sweet
I took a broken heart and made it beat

[Verse 3]
Somebody hurt me long ago
And though to heal a heart is slow
It’s just a consequence of pain
There is no use in laying blame

[Chorus]
And I guess I’ve known it all along
The truth is you have to be soft to be strong
Finally I feel the fear is gone
The truth is you have to be soft to be strong
Soft to be strong
Soft to be strong

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[michaludek]

Marina:
2012: "Built with a heart, broken from the start and now I die slow"
2019: "I took a broken heart and made it beat"

[hekate]

she went from "i live my life in bitterness" to " i took my bitterness and made it sweet"
goals

[letshaveanormalname]

"I choose to love you without fear
No shame in being sincere"
Wow...

[loladiamond]

"Fear & Loathing" - "Not everyone is out to screw you over"
"Soft To Be Strong" - "I made myself believe other people wanted to hurt me"
I love all the correlations that hint at Marina's growth. Also, "These people are weird in here and they're giving me the fear" in "The Outsider" - I can see this theme of love and fear theory being with her longer than she realized, and how it made sense to her, when she learned of it.

[jazzyjaz]

I dedicate this song to myself. I'll love myself softly and without fear so it grows stronger.. Be kind to yourself < 3

[cfznmwd]

marina has really matured since electra heart, you can tell she has made many (beautiful) experiences. im glad to be able to experience them, too, in this album

[yuliabouteraa]

This track is the "happy" of Love + Fear

[olgakonstan]

This song describes exactly how it feels like to get over something that hurt you deeply, to fix your broken heart and move on with your life wiser and stronger than before, having embraced your vulnerable, sensitive nature and having found strength in it. It's like an epiphany when you realize that you did nothing wrong. It wasn't your fault that you opened your heart and trusted the wrong people and finally it's okay to be yourself. There's nothing shameful with being soft and sentimental. The right people will appreciate it when they come into your life. Oof I love you, Marina.

[OfficialPrettyLittleLiars]

The way she sings "And I guess I've known it all along / Finally I feel the fear is gone" really hits different

[LeGaLizERAnCh]

who else is kinda tearing up, such a beautiful ending to this beautiful album, now gotta replay it again

[KEWtie]

This is officially my favorite marina song ever. Genuinely.

[tamar]

everyone is talking about happy but this is reminding me of a response to fear and loathing

[ricardojimenez]

2011: "Don't wanna live in fear and loathing".
2019: "Finally, I feel the fear is gone".

[momoc]

Listening to all Marina albums is like watching the journey of growth and self-acceptance from a person and it's a beautiful experience.

[studiononconforme]

Yesterday my girlfriend told me "it's not a guilt to be fragile". She was so pure and sincere in telling me that, as I was crying incredibly bad and thought I was a pathetic woman firsthand, and a pathetic human being secondhand.

This song sprung up instantly in my head...

[Totallynot_miguel]

Anyone always relate to every single one of her songs in at least one way she does understand us💞

[LTTG]

absolutely one of the most beautiful songs i’ve ever heard

[chrysa_gnk]

it's like numb, fear and loathing, and happy combined their powers and made soft to be strong and I love it

[TheFutioristic]

when marina said "i choose to love you without fear"

[electraloverloverlover]

I love that everyone over time has connected so heavily to her songs and compare lyrics to the ending songs on her albums and all do group therapy together in the comment section of a youtube video