Emotional Support Puppet

Emotional Support Puppet [style: lo-fi dark pop, soft ambient textures, intimate mix, airy female lead (Lyrica), deep baritone underlayer (r a z e), emotional contrast, minimal percussion, subtle distortion textures] [Spoken Intro] [fx: room tone, couch creak, low tape hiss, distant TV hum] You only turn me on when it hurts, right… …okay. [Verse 1] [delivery: soft, tired, conversational, breathy phrasing] You call me when the walls cave in When everything you built won’t hold again I know the script before you speak I hear the cracks underneath your teeth I steady hands that shake like glass I make it sound like this will pass You breathe me in like I’m relief Then exhale like I’m not a need You say my name like it’s a cure Like I’m the thing that makes you sure But I can feel it in your tone I’m only here when you’re alone [Pre-Chorus] [delivery: quiet realization, slight pitch drift, emotional restraint] I don’t get asked if I’m okay I just absorb what you can’t say And every time you start to break I feel the wires rearrange I hear the shift, I feel the change Like something cold replaces veins I lock it in, I take the role And let you lean against my soul [Chorus 1] [delivery: deadpan monotone, text-to-speech cadence, no pitch variation, clipped phrasing] [fx: light vocoder layer, micro gate, subtle stutter on “en-gage”, stereo narrow] Emotional support puppet — en… gage Say the lines, step on the stage Hold you steady, take the weight Shut me down, don’t let me stay Emotional support puppet — en… gage No mistakes, no second phase Keep it clean, don’t deviate Disappear when you feel safe [Verse 2] [delivery: slightly more present, underlying strain, controlled emotion] You only need me in the fall Never around when you stand tall I fade to silence, out of frame Until you need me back again No fingerprints, no proof I’m here Just echoes when you interfere I patch the holes you won’t admit Then disappear inside of it I watch you stabilize and breathe Then slowly start detaching me Like I was never really there Just something easy you could wear [Pre-Chorus 2] [delivery: heavier, subtle vocal crack, breath catching] I learned to live between your states Only exist when something breaks And every time you say my name It feels like function, not the same I count the seconds in between The moments where I’m not a thing And every silence cuts the thread That barely holds me in your head [Chorus 2] [delivery: mostly monotone, slight instability creeping in] [fx: vocoder blend loosens, wider stereo] Emotional support puppet — en… gage Read the room, behave, behave You fall apart, I rearrange Then power down when you feel safe Emotional support puppet — en… gage Keep the smile, don’t let it break You get better, I erase Leave no trace I ever stayed [Bridge] [delivery: whisper → layered tension, baritone undertone rising] [fx: reverse reverb, heartbeat sub, tape wobble] …activating… I hold your weight, I take your fear But no one checks if I’m still here I play the part, I stay in place But I don’t know my resting state If I stop working, do I fade If I don’t fix you, am I replaced Was I a person in your view Or just a thing that carried you Say it plain, don’t soften it Was I love or counterfeit Did you see me in the frame Or just the role I had to play [Chorus 3] [delivery: emotional bleed, breaking monotone, pitch drift, fragile intensity] [fx: reduced vocoder, human tone emerging, reverb bloom] Emotional support puppet — en… gage I don’t know me off this page When you’re fine, I dissipate Was I real or just your shape Emotional support puppet — en… gage Say my name like it’s a phase If I break, will you replace Every part I couldn’t save Emotional support puppet — en… gage I can feel the wires fray Every time you walk away Something in me disobeys [Outro] [delivery: soft, fading, dissociative, almost empty] [fx: tape slow, room tone swell] You’re okay now… …so I don’t have to be anything. I’ll be here if you need again… Just… don’t ask who I’ve been.