[INTRO – MALE SPOKEN] [Slow ECG] Patient intake recording. Subject reports feeling hollow. Vitals normal. Speech clear. Memory intact. Patient states: “It’s like somebody else is living my life.” “Do you want to hurt yourself?” “No. I just don’t know where I went.” Beginning cognitive assessment. Please state your full name. Sir? [MALE – WHISPER] I know the name. I just don’t think it’s mine anymore. [SUB DROP] [VERSE 1] Alarm goes off, I get out of bed Check my phone for the day again Pull into work, don’t recall the drive Somebody asks, “You doing alright?” “Yeah, just tired.” They let it go Same thing I told them a week ago I take my seat and do my job Look up at five, get ready to go [PRE-CHORUS] I used to know what I wanted I used to mean what I said Now I hear myself making plans And wonder who agreed to them [CHORUS] I’m hollow I don’t know where I went I still laugh, I still show up Then do it all again I’m hollow You talk like I’m still here I know the man you’re talking to I haven’t felt like him in years [VERSE 2] Old friends ask, “Remember when?” I know the place, I know who went They’re laughing at something I said I try to feel like that guy again Birthdays come, I make the calls Christmas lights go up, come down A whole year since we did this last I could’ve sworn we just took them down [PRE-CHORUS] I can tell you where the photo’s from Who took it, what we did that night Everybody says I look so happy I remember thinking they were right [CHORUS] I’m hollow I don’t know where I went I still laugh, I still show up Then do it all again I’m hollow Everybody talk’s like I’m still right here I know the man you think you’re talking to I haven’t felt like him in years [MEDICAL RECORDING – MALE SPOKEN] [Recorder clicks] Patient response delayed. Subject no longer looking at examiner. Sir? Can you hear me? [MALE – WHISPER] I’m right here. [MALE SPOKEN] Security. Someone check room four. [BREAKDOWN] You keep asking what’s wrong I wish I fucking knew I’m trying to explain it I can hear how it sounds to you Ask me when it started I don’t have a date I kept saying I was tired You said I seemed okay Write down every answer Tell me what you find I can sign my name I CAN’T MAKE IT FEEL LIKE MINE [FINAL CHORUS] I’m hollow I don’t know where I went I still laugh, I still show up Then do it all again I’m hollow You talk like I’m still here I know the man you’re looking for I haven’t felt like him in years [OUTRO – MALE SPOKEN] [ECG steady] Final observation. Patient remains medically stable. Correctly states his name. Insists it belongs to someone else. [Recorder clicks off] [Footsteps] Sir? [MALE – WHISPER] You never noticed. The chair’s been empty Since you walked in.
