[INTRO – spoken, low energy, with warped piano] Yeah… I thought love was the language… turns out… it’s just a dialect (piano slightly off-key… tape wobble) [CHOIR – distorted classical, haunting, slightly glitched] (ohhh… o̴h̷h̶…) We thought love would be enough (w̷e̵ t̶h̸o̶u̴g̴h̸t̶…) (ahhh… a̴h̶h̷…) Hands open to the world above (o̶p̷e̴n̸… o̷p̶e̴n̷…) (low, stretched voices underneath) Gave our hearts without a shield (n̷o̶w̵ w̴e̴ k̷n̶o̶w̴…) Not every soul is built to feel (strings swell… then distort and dip) [VERSE 1] Grew up thinkin’ hearts was the currency, traded in truth Thought if you was real then the world would salute I was young, dumb, full of hope in the booth Tryna hug a system that was built to dispute See I smiled first, I ain’t wait for the cue Let ‘em see my flaws, I was open and loose Now I tighten up, different angle of view Same soul… just upgraded the use Used to think love was the root of it all Now I hear violins when the illusion fall People don’t hate you, they just playin’ they role Choir sing while they clap, then they pray for your fall I ain’t bitter, I just sharpened the lens Static in the strings when I’m trustin’ again Used to give ‘til I was breakin’ the edge Now I give with a boundary instead [HOOK – melodic, slightly off rhythm, choir layered behind] I thought the world wanted love like me (choir: lo̷v̴e̶… lo̸v̴e̶…) Hands out, heart on sleeve like me Now I move low, don’t speak like me (strings bending under voice) Same soul, just don’t bleed like me I adjust, I don’t break, I don’t fold (choir swells, then distorts) Learned the game but I’m keepin’ my code If it’s real, it’ll show, it’ll show If it’s not… let it go [VERSE 2 – more bounce, warped orchestral hits] Okay—wait… Now I peep patterns in the way they move Off-key smiles, I don’t play that tune Violins cry when they switch that mood So I remix life with a darker groove I was too available, that’s a flaw Playin’ symphonies for an empty hall Now I walk in rooms like I been through war Hear the silence louder than applause See I wanted connection, they wanted control I was speakin’ in depth, they was stuck in a role I was buildin’ a vibe, they was sellin’ a goal Now the music distort but I’m still in my soul (yeah…) Still got love, I just ration the dose Still hear truth in the cracks of the notes Still that kid with the world in his chest Just the sound got heavier… that’s growth [INTERLUDE – HARD CUT, no music, raw mic, slight room echo] (beat cuts… silence… faint static) …hold on nah—cut the music let’s talk real quick Y’all out here talkin’ ‘bout love… connection… energy… meanwhile drones in the sky deciding who wake up tomorrow (no beat… just breath and room tone) We scroll past war like it’s background noise missiles look like pixels when you far enough away kids growin’ up to the sound of machines… and I thought the world was built on feelings? (short pause) nah… it’s built on power… distance… and who pressing the button (static crackle… deep inhale) …alright bring it back [BEAT RETURNS – distorted drop, heavier than before] [BRIDGE – eerie piano + distant choir] It ain’t that I changed… (piano echo… detuned) I just see it different now Love still mine… (choir faint, reversed) just ain’t for everybody [HOOK – fuller, cinematic, breaking apart at the end] I thought the world wanted love like me Hands out, heart on sleeve like me Now I move low, don’t speak like me Same soul, just don’t bleed like me I adjust, I don’t break, I don’t fold (choir cracks, distorts) Learned the game but I’m keepin’ my code If it’s real, it’ll show, it’ll show If it’s not… let it— (g̷l̶i̴t̷c̸h̴ ̶c̷u̵t̸) [OUTRO – broken tape, voice warped] Funny thing is… I ain’t lose nothin’ (just distortion hum) I just stopped givin’ it… to the wrong people
