MUTUAL
MUTUAL [Verse 1] Eight-four-seven comments deep, three years three months in Timestamp two-fourteen AM, first like on every upload since Pinned you to my profile, screenshot every caption that you drop Built my archive around your metrics, I don't stop I know which verses never charted, which features you regret Know the nights you posted twice and deleted by sunset When you typed that quote about your mama I was second in the replies Heart emoji crying, nobody saw it, but we built this side by side [Pre-Chorus] Engagement equals love, impressions equal presence Typing bubble glowing, that's my dopamine lesson [Chorus] I'm @first_comment, first in line Seen it, loved it, archived mine Notify on, notify on You don't owe me, but you're mine I'm @first_comment, first in line Three years deep, the ledger's mine Notify on, notify on We mutual, the stats don't lie [Verse 2] You switched it up, new logo, new producer, new aesthetic Traded vintage bar-work for that melodic-hook anemic Comment section flooded with accounts from out of nowhere Not one of 'em was here when you were posting into nowhere My comment got eight likes, you liked someone else's four Fresh account, she wrote "slay", that's the whole metaphor I typed three paragraphs, edited twelve times, hit send Read receipt bloomed, a grey check that didn't bend [Pre-Chorus] Engagement equals love, impressions equal presence I'll post again tomorrow, you'll remember, I'm relentless [Verse 3] Checked her profile seventeen times between one AM and three Bot account, has to be, she followed Friday, never tweets Made a burner, tagged her "Parasite," deleted it by four Typed it, trashed it, typed again, hit post, rewrote it more DM'd you a confessional, six hundred words, unlocked my phone Said I built my whole identity around the way you wrote alone Read receipt. Read receipt. Read receipt. Twelve hours. Nothing. Refreshed my inbox 'til the sun leaked [Bridge] They said you dropped the follower count. Took me three weeks to notice. I'm still here. [Verse 4] Went quiet two whole weeks, first silence since I made this page You gained two-hundred K new followers, most of them don't taste Scrolled through my old comments, algorithm buried every one Found the post where you called your fans your family, I was none Closed the app. Opened it. Closed it. Opened it. Closed it again. The little bell turned grey, the last notification had no end Looked up from the screen, it was morning and my tea had gone cold Didn't recognize the face that stared back from the phone I held [Verse 5] I came back anyway. Posted a crying emoji under Track Four. Seven likes. Buried fast. Nobody asked what it was for. There's a new kid rapping over lo-fi saxophone, forty followers, pure I'll be there early. Comment number one. I know the script. I'm sure. [Chorus] I'm @first_comment, first in line Seen it, loved it, archived mine Notify on, notify on You don't owe me, but you're mine I'm @first_comment, first in line Three years deep, the ledger's mine Notify on, notify on We mutual, the stats don't [Outro] Oh, she just posted. I'm first. Loop I'm @first_comment, first in line. Seen it, loved it, archived mine. Notify on, notify on. You don't owe me, but you're mine. I'm @first_comment, first in line. Three years deep, the ledger's mine. Notify on, notify on. We mutual, the stats don't lie.
