[INTRO – PIANO + DISTANT STATIC] [soft synth pad] [heartbeat effect] [glitching vocal fragments] SOFT VOCAL: Can you love me now? Can you love me now? Or am I just another ghost... Passing through your crowd? [VERSE 1 – EMOTIONAL CHOPPER FLOW] Everybody says create your reality Manifest your dreams and become what you wanna be I been chasin' every goal till my feet started bleedin' Still somehow the finish line keeps recedin' I built the vision board I followed every guide I swallowed every promise that the internet supplied Now I'm standin' in the mirror askin' who am I? Cause the harder that I push The more the truth seems to hide Everybody's connected But nobody's close Millions of conversations Still feelin' alone A thousand little hearts on a screen every day But not one of 'em can make this emptiness go away [PRE-CHORUS] Why does your love feel A million miles away? Why does your heartbeat Fade more every day? [CHORUS – MASSIVE MELODIC HOOK] CAN YOU LOVE ME NOW?! CAN YOU SEE ME BREAKING?! I'M SCREAMING THROUGH THE SILENCE BUT NOBODY'S AWAKENING! CAN YOU LOVE ME NOW?! CAN YOU PULL ME CLOSE?! CAUSE EVERYWHERE I TURN I FEEL LIKE A GHOST! [VERSE 2 – FASTER CHOPPER FLOW] Maybe I'm too much Maybe I'm too late Maybe I keep buildin' castles made of paper and fate Maybe every expectation was a trap from the start Maybe I've been handin' out pieces of my heart Tryna earn affection Tryna earn my place Tryna find a little warmth inside a frozen space Everybody says "just love yourself first" But that advice feels hollow when you're drowning in hurt I keep reaching through the static Tryna find your hand Tryna understand why nobody understands Every night I'm askin' questions to the ceiling above Wondering why it's so hard just to feel loved [PRE-CHORUS] Why do you seem so distant? Why can't I break through? Why do I feel surrounded But disconnected from you? [CHORUS – BIGGER] CAN YOU LOVE ME NOW?! CAN YOU HEAR ME CALLING?! I KEEP BUILDING MYSELF UP JUST TO WATCH ME FALLING! CAN YOU LOVE ME NOW?! CAN YOU HOLD ME CLOSE?! CAUSE EVERYWHERE I TURN I FEEL LIKE A GHOST! [BREAKDOWN] [everything cuts] SCREAM: I'M SO TIRED OF PRETENDING I'M OKAY!! [heavy guitars crash] SCREAM: I'M SO TIRED OF ACTING LIKE I'M STRONG!! [glitch stutters] SCREAM: WHEN ALL I EVER WANTED... WAS TO BELONG!! [BRIDGE – PIANO + STRINGS] Maybe love was never something You could chase... Maybe it was never waiting At the finish line... Maybe all this running... All this fighting... All this trying... Just left me behind... [SOLO – CRYING LEAD GUITAR] [melodic bends] [orchestral swell] [feedback singing through reverb] [FINAL CHORUS – EMOTIONAL CLIMAX] CAN YOU LOVE ME NOW?! I DON'T WANNA BE A MEMORY!! I DON'T WANNA BE ANOTHER FACE LOST IN HISTORY!! CAN YOU LOVE ME NOW?! CAN YOU STAY TONIGHT?! CAUSE I'M LOSING EVERY BATTLE AND I'M TIRED OF THE FIGHT!! [OUTRO – BREAKING DOWN] [piano only] QUIET VOCAL: I tried... God knows I tried... I gave everything I had... Every dream... Every piece... Every part of me... [voice cracking] I just... I just need your love... [sobbing] I just need your love... [sobbing continues] Please... I just need your love... [piano fades] [heartbeat slows] [silence]
