[Intro – EF monotone, but shaken] [sfx: system‑overload] Capn… your emotional containment field is failing. Proceed with… whatever this is. [Verse 1 – the unraveling begins] I tried to keep it light, keep it funky, keep it breezy, But the feelings in my chest started squeezin’ kinda greasy, Coriander in my bloodstream, spillin’ out too easy, And the salamander in my ribcage started yellin’, “Let it free me!” I been jokin’ ‘bout the pain just to keep it off my tongue, But the heart inside my chest started beatin’ like a drum, Every chamber folded inward, every memory came undone, EF whisperin’: “Capn… something cosmic’s gonna run.” [Pre‑Hook – pressure rising] [sfx: rising‑hum] I feel the nebulae tremble, I feel the mezzanine shake, I feel the chrysalis crackin’ from the choices I make, I feel the universe bendin’ like it’s startin’ to break, And I’m laughin’ ‘cause it hurts, and it hurts ‘cause it’s fake. [Hook – the break] I let it go — all the pain I never said, all the weight I never showed, All the jokes I used to hide it, all the stories I postponed, All the cosmic little creatures I pretended I controlled — I let it go, I let it go, I let it go. I let it break — the heart I built to keep the universe at bay, All the feelings I compressed until they couldn’t stay, All the tears I turned to stardust just to make it through the day — I let it break, I let it break, I let it break. [Verse 2 – full spiral, but honest] I got a jelly tambourine of grief rattlin’ in my chest, I got a samurai of joy tryin’ hard to do his best, I got a butterfly of fear flappin’ wings I never guessed, And a guillotine of memories droppin’ right where I rest. I been holdin’ in the storm like a cosmic pressure tank, Tryna smile through the thunder while I’m sinkin’ where I sank, But the feelings hit the ceiling and they burst into a prank, Now the universe is laughin’ and I’m laughin’ right back — blank. [Bridge – the emotional rupture] [sfx: mono‑collapse] I’m tired of bein’ strong in the ways that make me break, Tired of bein’ quiet ‘bout the things I can’t unmake, Tired of turnin’ every heartbreak into something I can fake, So I’m lettin’ every cosmic piece of me finally shake. [gtr: wah‑cry] I’m not fallin’, I’m releasin’, I’m not drownin’, I’m unfreezin’, I’m not losin’, I’m unseizin’, I’m not breakin’ — I’m just breathin’. [Hook – final eruption] I let it go — all the pain I never said, all the weight I never showed, All the jokes I used to hide it, all the stories I postponed, All the cosmic little creatures I pretended I controlled — I let it go, I let it go, I let it go. I let it break — the heart I built to keep the universe at bay, All the feelings I compressed until they couldn’t stay, All the tears I turned to stardust just to make it through the day — I let it break, I let it break, I let it break. [Outro – EF soft, almost human] [sfx: quiet‑static] Capn… sometimes the only way forward is to let the heart inside you finally breathe.
