[Intro – spoken, super flat, almost whispering] YeAh… My ThErApIsT sAiD i ShOuLd, LiKe… TaLk AbOuT mY fEeLiNgS oUt LoUd NoW Or WhAtEvEr… [Instrumental Break – 12–16 seconds] (Just distant choir + faint vinyl crackle, let the first long 808 tail ring out cold) [Verse 1] SoMeTiMeS i WiSh I cOuLd Be LiKe YoU WaKe Up, FaKe A sMiLe, NoT gIvE a SiNgLe FuCk LiKe YoU BiLlS fOrTy DaYs LaTe, StIlL nO cHeCk GoVeRnMeNt ShUtDoWn, GuEsS i’Ll StArVe I gUeSs …CoOl [Instrumental Break – 16–20 seconds] (Choir swells slowly, one huge 808 sustains and decays into silence) [Verse 2] SoMeTiMeS i WiSh I cOuLd Be LiKe YoU No ReNt, No GaS, bLaCk OuT aNd FoRgEt It AlL lIkE yOu I’m HoLdInG aLl ThE sTrEsS aNd AlL tHe WeIgHt TiMeS tWo ThEn I gEt LoCkEd OuT ‘cAuSe YoU bLaCkEd OuT tOo …It Is WhAt It Is [Instrumental Break – 16–20 seconds] (Beat pulls way back—distant choir hums, tape hiss, maybe one muted piano chord) [Outro – barely whispered over the final ringing 808 + choir] ThErApY’s WoRkInG gReAt, By ThE wAy …YeAh [Final Instrumental – 20–30 seconds] (One last enormous 808 tail + cathedral choir chord that just hangs in the air and fades to silence)


