Intro] Yeah… Words are easy Ain’t they… [Verse 1] They claim they understand me Claim they empathize my pain Claim that shit will be different Put that on Jesus name Claim that change is coming Claim it’s not all for nothing Claim they proud of who I am And who I’m becoming But I’ve heard that song before Sung it to myself at 4am on the floor Promised I’d do better Broke it by the morning Now I’m watching faces Wondering who’s performing [Pre-Chorus] Is it real or is it rehearsed Do you love me or just love That I survived the worst Easy to show up When the storm already passed Where were you when I was Drowning in the glass [Chorus] On Jesus name you claimed it On Jesus name you swore On Jesus name you said this time Would hit different than before But claims don’t cost you nothing And words don’t leave a scar On Jesus name you loved me Just not enough to show up where you are [Verse 2] I done claimed it on myself too Told my kids I’d change Looked em in their eyes and promised Then I did the same Cycle running deep now Generational weight Hard to break a pattern When you learned it way too late I point at everyone around me Then I see my hands Same excuses different faces Same old broken man So maybe I’m the villain In somebody else’s song Maybe all these people claiming Learned it from me all along [Pre-Chorus] Is it real or is it rehearsed Do they love me or just love That I survived the worst Easy to show up When the storm already passed Where was I when they were Drowning in the glass [Chorus] On Jesus name they claimed it On Jesus name they swore On Jesus name they said this time Would hit different than before But claims don’t cost you nothing And words don’t leave a scar On Jesus name they loved me Just not enough to show up where we are [Bridge | half-sung | raw] I want to believe you God knows I want to believe me I want the words to mean something This time I want the change to be real Not just something I feel When the pain is loud enough To make me try [Outro — spoken] Maybe we all just claim it Till we mean it Or we don’t You are now listening to the best of our culture… it’s the Book Bitch Who am I I’m a alienated Individual
