[Verse 1] They said, "Nice little song—did a robot write it?" I said, "Excuse me? What makes you think it?" I've been writing since I was twelve with my heart and my pen So why does everybody call me a chatbot again? [Pre-Chorus] They keep pointing at the dashes Like a dash belongs to machines People used them long before us Emily Dickinson knew what I mean [Chorus] Why does everybody think it's AI? I swear every word is mine I'm a real human girl, I promise I just love a little dash sometimes Why does everybody think it's AI? Maybe I sound too organized But if loving punctuation is a crime I'll serve my sentence one line at a time [Verse 2] Even my mother texted, "Sweetie, are you okay?" I said, "Yeah." She said, "You wrote 'moreover' today." I said, "So?" She said, "You've never said that in your life." I paused, "Okay, that one's fair—but I'm still alive." [Pre-Chorus] Now I'm looking through my messages There's a dash, then another one Who put a semicolon in my grocery list? I blame the person I've become [Chorus] Why does everybody think it's AI? I swear every word is mine I'm a real human girl, I promise I just love a little dash sometimes Why does everybody think it's AI? Maybe I sound too organized But if loving punctuation is a crime I'll serve my sentence one line at a time [Bridge] Hold on—let me hear myself talk "It's not just X, it's Y" When did I start saying "delve"? Oh no, that's a little suspicious, right? There's an em dash here and another one there And one in my grocery list Maybe I am a little too formal But I'm still the one who wrote this [Final Chorus] Why does everybody think it's AI? I swear every word is mine I'm a real human girl, I promise I just love a little dash sometimes Why does everybody think it's AI? Maybe I sound too organized If I overuse punctuation tonight At least the bad decisions are mine [Outro] I asked a chatbot to help me write my defense It opened with an em dash We don't talk about that
