[OPEN] Too much. Too little. Perfect. Try again. [VERSE 1] Kept the peace. Lit the match. Held my tongue. Ruined that. Too blunt. Too careful. Every version gets recalled. [PRE] I remember the face I think you made. That’s enough to build a case. [CHORUS] No one sentenced me. I supplied the judge, the witness, the prosecution. Concern became surveillance. Regret learned procedure. And I got very good at appearing for myself. [VERSE 2] Callous. Was I? Run it back. Change the tone. Move the comma. Remove the teeth. Still guilty of somebody else’s possible opinion. [TURN] That’s almost funny. Almost. [BREAK] I kept proving I had a heart to people who had already stopped looking. [BUILD] The careful one. The cutting one. The one who stayed quiet. The one who kicked the table. Come in. You were all trying something. [FINAL] Standing in judgement. There. I said it. I step out of the box. Let the testimony play on repeat. Take contempt. I’m no longer the suspect. Call another witness. [HARD END]
