[singer A] How do you see it? How do you feel? How do you know? What’s really real? I hear the same words See the same scene But my perception… Not the same thing [melodic interlude] [singer B] It’s cold in my bones, in my throat, in my chest when I’m holdin’ my breath I was told I was safe if I stayed and behaved and I folded the rest So I froze, didn’t step, didn’t go, didn’t speak, didn’t know I was left In a hole with a ghost of a voice that I hoped would come back but it left Can you hear me? [singer A] I start to think Maybe I’m crazy I don’t belong here And I know it’s me I never fit in I never do blend I’m always watching The world I am in [transition] [singer B] Did I do something wrong? Was it me? Was it timing or tone or the way that I spoke? Was I too much alive? Should’ve died in the silence you wanted me cloaked? I was tryin’ to choke every cry, every line, every sign I was broke Now I’m tied to a lie that I’m fine but inside I’m just spiralin’ smoke I was good… I was good… I was …wasn’t I? [singer A] There’s a wall I can’t seem to climb That keeps me just far… Enough To be locked in my mind And I am so lonely Though everyone’s near So close to you But so far from here [instrumental] [singer B] Now it’s numb, now it’s none, now it’s nothin’, no pulse, no pain Try remember my name but it fades when I say it again and again Like a stranger in skin I’ve been wearin’ too long, it don’t sit the same Like I slipped out the frame of myself and there’s no one to take the blame [singer A] I can’t understand it Is what I see real? Is what I feel happening? Don’t trust what I feel I am outside I’m just looking in I’m not really here, no… I’m just visitin’ [transition] [singer B] You said you’d stay say it straight don’t you dare try to bend it or blur it You repeated, repeated, repeated it deep in my head till I learned it I earned it I stayed where you placed me, erased me, replaced me with “perfect” A version that never would question the lesson or pressure the person who hurt it YOU LEFT [singer A] I’m tired of trying I’m just not the same I’m really not from here I’m just lookin’ in I’m not really here, no… I’m just visitin’ [melodic interlude] [singer B] You left me in layers of silence and violence disguised as “protection” You left me dissectin’ the seconds, second-guessin’ every reflection You left me with questions I’m guessin’ were never intended for answers Just anchors that drag me to depths where I’m wrestlin’ phantoms and fractures I waited… I’m still here… Still in it… Still …waiting…
