[Intro: Minimalist fingerpicked acoustic guitar only, quiet and slow] [Verse 1: Raw cracked British male voice, intimate indie folk] Found the old box at the back of the wardrobe, still where I left it Bedsheet cape, the crayon drawings, still folded, never touched since Sat down on the floor the same way I used to, years and years ago Except the kid who drew this... isn't who I turned out to grow Every plan he made, I broke it somewhere down the line Every promise that he wrote... I left it a long way behind [Chorus: Emotional acoustic ballad, sparse fragile piano notes] Became the thing I used to fight against Became exactly what I promised I wouldn't be Looking at a kid who trusted me completely... Don't know how to look him in the eye... don't know how to see [Verse 2: Quieter, more fragile vocal delivery] The mask felt like power, felt like finally being seen Turns out it just made me disappear from who I'd always been Everyone's afraid of me now, nobody's actually close Won the fear, lost the person underneath it... lost the most Not asking anyone to fix it, not asking to be saved Just sitting here with the drawings... sitting with everything I gave away [Chorus: Emotional acoustic ballad, piano and guitar] Became the thing I used to fight against Became exactly what I promised I wouldn't be Looking at a kid who trusted me completely... Don't know how to look him in the eye... don't know how to see [Bridge: Sudden stop, a cappella, whispered spoken word, deeply exposed] He didn't want the fear. He didn't want the mask. He just wanted to help somebody... When did I forget that part. [Chorus: Subtle swell of warm strings, acoustic guitar, emotional resolve] Became the thing I used to fight against But he's still in here somewhere, still not completely gone Looking at a kid who trusted me completely... Maybe there's still time to prove that trust wasn't wrong [Outro: Music fades to a single held guitar note, quiet spoken word] Still got the drawings. Still got the plan. Just have to actually mean it this time. [Sudden Stop] [End]
