[Short Instrumental Intro] [Slow ska groove, offbeat guitar upstrokes, warm bass, rimshot drums] [Verse 1, close-mic, conversational] You said his name like it was nothing — Some guy from work, a drink, a Thursday You dropped it mid-sentence, kept talking And I smiled like I was okay [Pre-Chorus, building] You said you didn't think I'd care I said I didn't — that was a lie Then I spent all night inventing What you must've meant to hide [Chorus, melodic lift, warm] I'm jealous of a story I told myself You were the villain in a plot I wrote I gave you scenes you never played Lines you never spoke I'm jealous of a story I told myself And none of it was true But the fight was real [Verse 2, close-mic, darker] By ten I'd built the whole thing His laugh, his hands, the way he leaned in I gave him a bar you'd never been to I lit the room, I picked the song I wrote the version where you stayed too long I wrote the version where you didn't want to come home I played the husband who'd been done wrong Rehearsed the anger till it fit like my own This wasn't love — just instinct in a good suit [Pre-Chorus, building] You said you didn't think I'd care I said I didn't — that was a lie Then I spent all night inventing What you must've meant to hide [Chorus, fuller, bass-forward] I'm jealous of a story I told myself You were the villain in a plot I wrote I gave you scenes you never played Lines you never spoke I'm jealous of a story I told myself And none of it was true But the fight was real [Bridge, stripped-back, exposed vocal] You never cheated — you just did inside my head I dressed you in a guilt you'd never worn I turned a sip into a war That wasn't your darkness — that was mine, wearing your face And you sat on the kitchen stool Asking what you'd done wrong Asking what you'd done [Chorus, full groove returns, emotional peak] I'm jealous of a story I told myself You were the villain in a plot I wrote I gave you scenes you never played Lines you never spoke I'm jealous of a story I told myself And none of it was true But the fight was real [Outro, groove continues, vocal fading] You left out a minute, I filled in a year You called it nothing, so why'd it disappear I said I didn't care, then needed every detail I'm jealous of a story I told myself (A story I told myself) (A story I told myself) [A story I told myself] [Fade out]
