© Copyright JUSIME © Copyright TongMick Special Thanks to xenox 🤍 ************************************ Intro Verse 1 I rewrote what I said three nights ago Same sentence, different tone Like if I fix the wording, I can fix the outcome You laughed - or maybe you didn’t My brain just filled it in Like it always does when I don’t understand something There’s a version of you that stays And a version that turns away mid-sentence And I keep preparing for both at once I even time my pauses now So I don’t sound “too much” Or worse - not enough Pre-Chorus Say it right, say it right, say it - Don’t trip on the silence between us Don’t give them a reason to leave Say it again and again, yeah say it Hold on tight keep the trauma hidden So no one can see Chorus I practice conversations alone So when it matters I don’t lose control Every word pre-cut to fit your tone Like I’m rehearsing being someone you won’t outgrow If I say it wrong - you go quiet If I say it right - it’s just “fine” So I memorize every version of me Just to land somewhere in your design I practice conversations - (so I don’t ruin it) Bridge Maybe love is not a language I was ever meant to master Maybe I’m just getting faster At predicting the disaster And I’m so tired of translating Every heartbeat into proof If I have to disappear to keep you Then I was never safe with you Final Chorus I practice conversations alone So when it matters I don’t lose control Every word pre-cut to fit your tone Like I’m rehearsing being someone you won’t outgrow If I say it wrong - you go quiet If I say it right - it’s just “fine” So I memorize every version of me But none of them survive your design Outro I practice conversations - I practice conversations - I practice conversations alone (so I don’t ruin it)
