**[Intro — soft humming]** Mmm… mmm-hmm… Mmm… yeah… Mmm-hmm… **[Verse 1 — smooth freestyle flow]** Novocaine in my system, world went quiet Numb in the middle, still looking for a riot I been floating through the days like they don’t belong to me Everything soft, everything easy, nothing hits deep I used to run from the sting, now I miss the burn Miss the kind of real that makes a grown man learn I’d take the ache over empty, take the weight over air I’d rather feel something heavy than feel nothing there **[Humming break]** Mmm… mmm-hmm… Wanna feel… Mmm… **[Chorus]** I wanna feel Even if it hurts a little I wanna feel Even if it leaves a mark Novocaine got me peaceful But peaceful feel like dark I wanna feel Something real in the dark **[Verse 2 — freestyle, slightly more open]** I been smiling on autopilot, nodding through the noise People talking at me, I just hear the void Heart been on mute, chest been on delay Every almost-love just slides right off my face I don’t need perfect, I just need it true Need a feeling that don’t vanish when the night get through If the pain is the price, then I’ll pay it in full I’d rather break open than stay this numb and cool **[Humming + ad-libs]** Mmm… mmm-hmm… Yeah… I wanna feel… Mmm… come on… **[Chorus]** I wanna feel Even if it hurts a little I wanna feel Even if it leaves a mark Novocaine got me peaceful But peaceful feel like dark I wanna feel Something real in the dark **[Bridge — freer, more spoken-sung]** Turn the volume up on everything I buried Let it sting, let it stay, let it get ordinary I don’t want the silence dressed up like protection I want the truth, even messy, even heavy, even wrecked and **[Final Chorus — fuller, with humming under]** I wanna feel (Mmm… mmm-hmm…) Even if it hurts a little I wanna feel (Mmm…) Even if it leaves a mark Novocaine got me peaceful But peaceful feel like dark I wanna feel… Something real in the dark **[Outro — fading hum]** Mmm… mmm-hmm… Wanna feel… Mmm… Yeah… Something real…
