SOBER (Hybrid: Devil, SlayHER, Poet Dude ... B Side)

[Verse 1] In the backseat, I was magic, You said we could go far, But under neon lights and witnesses You forgot who you are. You text me like a secret, Like I’m something you can hide, Then reach for me in silence When there’s nowhere left to lie. [Pre-Chorus] You get honest when you’re steady, Like your spine finally shows, But the moment that you fracture I’m the first thing that you throw. [Chorus] You only want me when you’re sober, When your chaos takes a breath, When the room is finally empty And there’s nothing left to deflect. I’m your clarity, your closure, Your convenient little truth, But if I’m wrong when you are breaking, I’m not right enough for you. [Verse 2] You hold me in the quiet, But erase me in the crowd, Like my name’s a fragile secret You’re too careful to say out loud. I told myself it’s timing, Or a war you couldn’t name, But love that hides in daylight Is just distance dressed as shame. [Pre-Chorus] You reach for me when you’re anchored, When the storm inside you sleeps, But when the tide begins to pull you I’m the burden, not the keep. [Chorus] You only want me when you’re sober, When you know just what you feel, When the darkness loses power And the moment starts to heal. But I won’t be your quiet answer Or the place you go to hide, If you can’t choose me in the chaos, You don’t get me in the light. [Bridge] So mark it down in sober ink And carve it where you stand, I was never just a moment You could hold with steady hands. If I’m shadow in your unraveling But sunlight when you’re whole, Then you never loved me truly, Just the version you control. [Final Chorus / Outro] You only want me when you’re sober, When it’s easy to be kind, When the noise has lost its teeth And you’ve quieted your mind. But I am not your better version, Not your pause between the storms, If I don’t exist in your chaos, I was never yours at all.