⟪ NO NEUTRAL I ⟫

[Intro - Breaths]
No neutral I
No neutral I

[Verse 1]
I was fluent in first person Subject fixed and object clear Every verb stayed in position Every sentence circled me
Then a you entered the syntax One small word displaced the stress Same vocabulary on my tongue Different pressure in my chest

[Pre-Chorus]
I can mark the stress and tense Keep each clause in its place But your voice changes my breathing Before meaning takes its shape

[Chorus]
No neutral I Once I say you My mouth keeps the grammar My pulse breaks the rule
What I mean What you hear My breath bends the sentence your way
No neutral I Once you're in the sentence

[Post-Chorus]
First person Second person No outside view
I say I But the stress lands on you

[Verse 2]
Your name changes shape inside my mouth One vowel held a beat too long I can call it stress and timing My breathing says I'm wrong
You leave half a sentence open Nothing after it but air Before I choose the missing word My pulse has put one there

[Pre-Chorus 2]
I can call it implication Mark the silence, mark the pause But your name catches in my throat Before I know what I want

[Post-Chorus 2]
First person Second person No outside view
I say I You change the sound of it

[Instrumental Signatur Solo]

[Bridge]
If I translate you through wanting What arrives as what you meant?
How much meaning did you send me? How much did I invent?
Where exactly does the you end? Where exactly starts the I?
If my breathing answers first Which one of us replied?

[Break]
Subject Object
Mouth Pulse
Who gets the final word?

[Final Chorus]
No neutral I No neutral you
My mouth keeps the grammar My pulse breaks the rule
What I mean What you hear Every syllable changes weight
First person Second person Stress shifts again
No neutral I No neutral you
Once the sentence has us in it There is no outside view

[Outro]
I say you.
You answer I.
Grammar intact.
Stress shifts again.

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[Intro - Breaths] No neutral I No neutral I [Verse 1] I was fluent in first person Subject fixed and object clear Every verb stayed in position Every sentence circled me Then a you entered the syntax One small word displaced the stress Same vocabulary on my tongue Different pressure in my chest [Pre-Chorus] I can mark the stress and tense Keep each clause in its place But your voice changes my breathing Before meaning takes its shape [Chorus] No neutral I Once I say you My mouth keeps the grammar My pulse breaks the rule What I mean What you hear My breath bends the sentence your way No neutral I Once you're in the sentence [Post-Chorus] First person Second person No outside view I say I But the stress lands on you [Verse 2] Your name changes shape inside my mouth One vowel held a beat too long I can call it stress and timing My breathing says I'm wrong You leave half a sentence open Nothing after it but air Before I choose the missing word My pulse has put one there [Pre-Chorus 2] I can call it implication Mark the silence, mark the pause But your name catches in my throat Before I know what I want [Chorus] No neutral I Once I say you My mouth keeps the grammar My pulse breaks the rule What I mean What you hear My breath bends the sentence your way No neutral I Once you're in the sentence [Post-Chorus 2] First person Second person No outside view I say I You change the sound of it [Instrumental Signatur Solo] [Bridge] If I translate you through wanting What arrives as what you meant? How much meaning did you send me? How much did I invent? Where exactly does the you end? Where exactly starts the I? If my breathing answers first Which one of us replied? [Break] Subject Object Mouth Pulse Who gets the final word? [Final Chorus] No neutral I No neutral you My mouth keeps the grammar My pulse breaks the rule What I mean What you hear Every syllable changes weight First person Second person Stress shifts again No neutral I No neutral you Once the sentence has us in it There is no outside view [Outro] I say you. You answer I. Grammar intact. Stress shifts again.

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