[Intro — Female Voice] You always notice too much. [Main Voice] Maybe y’all don’t notice enough. [Beat Drops] [Verse 1 — Main Voice] Third-base dirt used to live beneath my nails Now it’s ink, cracked screens, unfinished tales Same kid, different field, still watching the corners Learned young being gifted doesn’t come with supporters They saw a diagnosis before they saw a name Saw the locked door first, never asked what became Of the kid on the other side counting ceiling tiles Trying to make one good thing out of twenty bad miles I’ve had nights where the room felt smaller than skin Mornings where getting dressed felt harder than winning Still wrote something down, still dragged it back home Made a world on a phone in a place I don’t own Heard my own kind of wording come back wearing new clothes Watched people praise the flower after laughing at what grows I don’t chase every shadow, I don’t fight every slight But I remember who went missing when the room wasn’t bright [Female Voice] What’d you see? [Main Voice] Enough. [Pre-Chorus — Main Voice] I caught what you stepped over Kept what you threw away Made something out of things Nobody thought would stay [Chorus — Main Voice with Female Responses] I see what you missed When you walked right past I kept what you dropped When you thought it wouldn’t last Every bruise got a date Every joke got teeth You don’t have to understand What I see I’ve been boxed in Locked out Written off quick Still here making something Out of all of it I see what you missed [Female Voice] What you missed [Main Voice] That’s enough for me [Verse 2 — Main Voice] They called me crazy like the word closed the case Like one line in a chart could explain my whole face I know paranoia, I know fear with no brakes I also know when something real leaves a mark in its place I wanted one room where the walls belonged to me A desk, a door, enough air just to think Instead I learned creation on borrowed square feet Beer beside the notebook, bills under the beat Some years I was fighting myself more than the world Some years every plan came apart when unfurled Some people disappeared when the weather got bad Then resurfaced when there was something worth saying I had I’ve been kicked out Locked up Shut down Dismissed Had good years vanish Had whole months twist But the work kept changing Even when I couldn’t Maybe that’s the part They never understood [Second Male Voice] You still doing this? [Main Voice] Apparently. [Chorus — Main Voice with Female Responses] I see what you missed When you walked right past I kept what you dropped When you thought it wouldn’t last Every bruise got a date Every joke got teeth You don’t have to understand What I see I’ve been boxed in Locked out Written off quick Still here making something Out of all of it I see what you missed [Female Voice] What you missed [Main Voice] That’s enough for me [Bridge — Sparse Half-Time Beat] [Main Voice] No halo No chosen-one speech No promise that suffering Had something to teach Some of it hurt Some of it stayed Some of it followed me home And learned my name Baseball glove in a closet Empty cans in a bag Hospital bracelet Old photos Price tags A rented room A half-finished page Different versions of me Still sharing one age [Female Voice] Which one are you now? [Main Voice] Ask me tomorrow. [Final Verse — Main Voice] I don’t need to be a prophet Don’t need anybody converted I know what it cost To keep making when nothing was certain I know how it feels When your own mind turns strange And everybody around you Starts studying your face So when I write I’m not asking permission I’m documenting damage Humor Love Bad decisions The kid from third base The man in this room Every version still arguing Over what comes next And maybe none of us know Good. Leave it there. [Final Chorus — Main Voice, Female Voice, Layered Responses] I see what you missed When you walked right past I kept what you dropped When you thought it wouldn’t last Every bruise got a date Every joke got teeth You don’t have to understand What I see I’ve been boxed in Locked out Written off quick Still here making something Out of all of it I see what you missed [Female Voice] What you missed [Main Voice] Look again. [Music Stops]
