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I’M NOT OKAY (RETURN IT)(Courage The Cowardly Dog)

[INTRO – uneasy overlap] [DnB beat fades in low, eerie pad underneath] [Courage – shaky, fast whisper] Okay—okay—okay—we good— …we not good— [VERY faint, behind him] return it… [VERSE 1 – Courage panic flow] [fast breakbeats] I hear it in the walls, I see it in the floor Every night it’s somethin’ scratchin’ at the door Try to tell ’em but they never listen anymore— Now I’m stuck with somethin’ I ain’t seen before Heartbeat jumpin’, got me pacing in a line Try to calm down but it’s creepin’ in my mind Why it always me when the timing ain’t right— WHY IT ALWAYS SHOW UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT— [low voice underneath, stretched] …return… [PRE-CHORUS – interference begins] [beat dips slightly, whispers creeping in] Don’t look back—no wait—LOOK BACK— No don’t do that—okay relax— No you can’t—no you won’t— [entity voice cuts through, slow, echoing] Return… the slab… [Courage, breaking] NOPE—NOPE—NOPE—NOT AGAIN— [CHORUS – dual-layer chaos] [heavy drop, Courage + entity layered] [Courage – fast, emotional] I’M NOT OKAY—BUT I’M STAYIN’ RUN AWAY—BUT I TURN AGAIN— [Entity – slow, underneath, stretched] …return… the slab… [Courage] EVERY DAY—I FEEL IT BREAKIN’— [Entity – louder] …or suffer… [both collide] I WON’T LEAVE— / …forever… [VERSE 2 – Courage fighting through it] [beat continues, slightly heavier] Yeah I’m scared, yeah I shake, yeah I freeze, yeah I hide But if Muriel in danger, I ain’t runnin’ outside I’ll be barkin’ at a demon even if I might die— [entity whisper interrupts] …you already will… [Courage ignores it, louder] I ain’t lettin’ it win—I ain’t lettin’ it stay— I ain’t givin’ it nothin’—YOU CAN GET AWAY— [entity voice, calm] You… already… gave… [BRIDGE – full invasion] [DnB cuts → glitch + low hum] [Courage, panicking] WHY DOES IT KEEP TALKIN’—WHY CAN I HEAR IT— [entity voice, now clear, dominant] Because… you listened… [whispers surround] return it… return it… return it… [FINAL CHORUS – overwhelmed] [beat returns but distorted, unstable] [Courage – strained, desperate] I’M NOT OKAY—BUT I’M STAYIN’— EVEN IF I’M SHAKIN’—I’M NOT BREAKIN’— [entity – louder, layered voices] RETURN… THE SLAB… [Courage] GET OUT MY HEAD—LEAVE ME ALONE— [entity – overwhelming] OR… YOU… WILL… [ALL VOICES] SUFFER… [OUTRO – entity wins the silence] [beat cuts completely] [Courage – small, exhausted] …please… just go away… [long pause] [entity voice – right next to ear, whisper] …you kept it… [final word, stretched, fading] …forever…