[Intro] [Verse] I see the cracks beneath the paint The little things you can't explain A warning hiding in plain sight A shadow underneath the light I hear the tremor in the laughter Feel the silence coming after You tell me everything is fine While every sign screams otherwise I don't need a crystal ball I see the patterns when you don't You call it pessimistic thinking I call it seeing what you won't [Pre-Chorus] So I bite my tongue And let it go Because nobody wants To hear what truth I know [Chorus] DEBBIE DOWNER! That's what you call me when I care DEBBIE DOWNER! Like I put the fucking darkness there Laugh it off Roll your eyes Say I'm ruining the night But every time I try to save you You make me the enemy tonight DEBBIE DOWNER! Say it like it doesn't cut DEBBIE DOWNER! You don't know what you've done [Verse] Now the world is falling down Now there’s smoke in every room Now the words I tried to tell you Are written plainly in the news Here's the problem Here's the cause Here's the part we chose to ignore Here's the consequence arriving Right outside the fucking door I don't have to say I told you so I can see it in your eyes You finally found the warning Buried underneath the lies And suddenly the truth is simple Suddenly the signs make sense Funny how the obvious gets obvious When there's nothing left to pretend [Pre-Chorus] I tried to whisper You called it noise Now the truth is screaming And nobody has a choice [Chorus] DEBBIE DOWNER! That's what you call me when I care DEBBIE DOWNER! Like I put the fucking darkness there Laugh it off Roll your eyes Tell me I'm ruining the night But every time I try to save you You make me the enemy tonight DEBBIE DOWNER! Say it like it doesn't cut DEBBIE DOWNER! You don't know what you've done [Verse] I won't say didn't I warn you I won't make you look away I won't turn your broken moment Into something I can claim You don't need another lecture You don't need another voice You just need somebody honest When you're standing in the wreckage of your choice So I'll stand here in the silence While you finally understand That the future isn't magic It was waiting in your hands I wish I'd been completely wrong I wish I'd never seen it all Because being right about the ending Means I'm right about the fall [Bridge] You wanted sunshine So I was named the rain You wanted comfort So I gave you the space Something you could laugh at Something you could dismiss But you never heard the warning Buried underneath it The pattern stayed the same The prophecy came true The pattern I recognize Pulled right up on you [Final Chorus] DEBBIE DOWNER! That's what you call me when I care! DEBBIE DOWNER! Like I put the fucking darkness there! Laugh it off! Roll your eyes! Tell me I'm ruining your life! I SAW IT! I SAID IT! YOU JUST DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR IT! DEBBIE DOWNER! Now that name is in my bones! DEBBIE DOWNER! You made caring feel like something I should never have known DEBBIE DOWNER! Say it louder if you dare! Because I loved you enough To tell you what was there! [Outro]
