Should I Even Play?

stripped-down dark indie folk open-mic performance, single steel-string acoustic guitar only, hypnotic repeating fingerpicked and lightly strummed groove throughout, close imperfect vulnerable male vocal, conversational confessional delivery, audible breaths and small pitch cracks, restrained dynamics that intensify through phrasing rather than volume, dry intimate room sound with subtle natural audience-room ambience, no bass, no percussion, no extra instruments, no polish, emotionally raw and human

[Intro — Instrumental] [Verse 1 — Quiet, almost conversational] Was I born to lose, Or should I play? Was I born to give, Or to take life away? Was I born to dream, And sleep all day? Was I born to wake up feeling lonely every day? [Verse 2 — Increasing intensity] Was that Jesus mad?! Or should I pray? Was I born to lose, Or should I even play? Was I born to kill? Well, it feels that way! Was I born to wake up feeling lonely every day? [Chorus — Full intensity] Don't get too close to me! Just let me be lonely. I run from everyone I trust! Destroy everything I touch. [vulnerable] I can't love. [Verse 3 — Quiet, weary] Was I born to smile? Or should I pretend? Was I born to hold? And drag down friends? Was I born to die? Again and again? Was I born to find and lose the answers in the end? [Final Chorus — Maximum emotional intensity] Don't get too close to me! Just let me be lonely. I run from everyone I trust! Destroy everything I touch. [bare vocal] I can't love. [Outro — Instrumental]

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