[Intro — single voice, alone, quiet] I don't remember when it got so quiet. I just know I stopped hearing my own name. [Verse 1 — voice 1] I walk through rooms full of people who don't know I'm not really there. I answer when they're talking, but I'm somewhere past repair. [Verse 1 — voice 2, overlapping slightly, not in sync] I smile because it's easier. I laugh because it's expected. Nobody checks the ones who seem fine. Nobody checks the unaffected. [Building — voices layering, still not harmonizing] How long can you carry something before it starts to carry you? How long can you keep on drowning in a room that's crowded, too? [Chorus — voices finally align, but quiet, mournful, not triumphant] We are lost and no one's looking. We are here and no one sees. We keep breathing, we keep walking, we keep begging quietly, please— [Verse 2 — different voice, more fragile] I used to think the dark was empty. Now I think it's just unlit. Maybe something's always watching. Maybe I just don't believe it. [Final Chorus — full layered harmony, but restrained, aching] We are lost and no one's looking. We are here and no one sees. We keep breathing, we keep walking, we keep begging quietly... [Outro — voices drop away one by one, last voice alone] ...please. ...please. ...
