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Somebody Does

V6

[Intro] You said you had nothing to offer. But your words made it All the way to me. [Verse 1] Three-ten, no sleep, whole week on your chest, Put every word on trial till there’s nothing of you left. Someone laughs, you brace; someone calls, you freeze, Want somebody close, but it’s hard to let them see. Save a joke inside your phone, never find someone to tell, Say you’re better off alone when you’re not doing well. Shoebox full of faces you can’t bring yourself to see, Trying to start brand new, but the old you won’t leave. You admit you burned some bridges, wish you hadn’t struck the match, Keep returning to the damage like you’re never coming back. You can face the things you’ve done, make a change, make amends, Without making every mistake the place your story ends. You put “nothing left to offer” in a song somebody felt, Gave a stranger words he couldn’t fucking find himself. That won’t fix the empty house or make the hurt let up, But those words still reached somebody when you thought you weren’t enough. [Chorus] When your head says nobody does— Somebody does, somebody does. When you think you’re too far gone to love— Somebody does, somebody does. You don’t have to clean your whole life up To be someone worth giving a fuck. When your head says nobody does— Somebody does, somebody does. [Verse 2] A little about me—nearly twenty years of giving, My family served a place where folks could barely make a living. Knew the kids, knew the hurt behind those doors, Carried pieces home; we had heartbreak of our own. We all lost our jobs, all those years of showing up, And my sister died by suicide—she was so fucking loved. Our pain ain’t all the same; I won’t pretend to know your days, But I know that feeling hopeless doesn’t mean you’re out of ways. Some can put it in a chorus, some get stuck at “How you been?” Some don’t have the words but keep on checking in again. You can love your family, know they love you, still feel lost, You can need more help than love alone can offer—and that’s not wrong. [Chorus] When your head says nobody does— Somebody does, somebody does. When you think you’re too far gone to love— Somebody does, somebody does. You don’t have to clean your whole life up To be someone worth giving a fuck. When your head says nobody does— Somebody does, somebody does. [Verse 3] Ten months old to ten years old—that’s years of showing up, You don’t measure that in blood; you measure that in love. Then the contact stopped; you’re left with pictures and his name, Wondering if he thinks you chose to walk away. He was ten—he couldn’t make the grown-up world make sense, Couldn’t choose the circumstances, couldn’t see what happened next. As he grows, he may have questions, want to find out for himself, Want to hear the voice he knew instead of everybody else. I can’t promise you a call, a knock, a chance to reconnect, But there’s more ahead than either one of you can picture yet. There could be a “Can we talk?” you never thought you’d hear, Room to tell him that you loved him through the disconnected years. Keep some room for that tomorrow, but you’re more than just the wait, You deserve a life today, even with that ache. You can miss him, you can love him, let somebody help you too— Being there if that day comes means being here for you. [Bridge] You don’t owe the world a smile, You can say you’re barely coping. Let somebody take the call When you’re tired of only hoping. I ask God to bring you peace, Give your restless mind some rest. You don’t have to share my faith For me to wish you nothing less. [Final Chorus] When your head says nobody does— Somebody does, somebody does. When you think you’re too far gone to love— Somebody does, somebody does. You don’t have to clean your whole life up To be someone worth giving a fuck. When your head says nobody does— Somebody does, somebody does. [Outro] Somebody does… Even when the words don’t come. Somebody does… You don’t have to carry this alone.