[Intro – distorted guitar swell, restrained drums, ad-libs] (yeah…) (uhh) (mm…) I can feel it [Verse 1 – flowy, packed spill, ad-libs every line] I’ve been pacing the same room (yeah) Same thoughts, same walls (mm) Telling myself “just hold on” (nah) While everything stalls (uhh) I don’t sleep right (sleep) I don’t eat right (yeah) I don’t talk about it I just keep moving (nah) I’ve been calling this patience But it feel like delay (delay) Like I’m watching my life (yeah) From the side of the stage (mm) I know every excuse I use (nah) Know them by heart (uhh) But knowing ain’t fixing shit (yeah) It’s just tearing me apart (mm) [Chorus – broken layout, declarative fragments] Something has to change (change) Not someday (nah) Not when I’m ready (mm) Something has to change (uhh) I can’t keep standing here (stand) Calling it strength (yeah) Something has to— (mm) —change [Verse 2 – flowy, faster, urgency rising, ad-libs stacked] I’ve been waiting for a sign (yeah) Like change come gently (mm) Like it knock first (nah) Before it wreck everything (uhh) I tell myself I’m self-aware (aware) Like that’s enough But awareness without action Just another bluff (nah) I don’t need a breakdown To justify moving I don’t need to hit bottom (yeah) To start choosing (mm) I feel the shift in my chest (nah) That quiet warning The kind you ignore once (yeah) Then regret in the morning (mm…) [Chorus – altered reprise, tighter, louder] Something has to change (change) Right now (nah) I don’t need a plan (mm) I need a first move (uhh) Something has to change (yeah) Even if it scare me (mm) Even if it cost me (nah… change..) Something has to— (uhh) —change (uhh) —change [Bridge – stripped back, guitar rings, resolve forming] I’m not saying I know the way (mm) I’m saying I can’t stay (yeah) I don’t need certainty (uhh) I need movement (move) [Final Chorus – restrained but firm, no repetition loop] Something has to change (change) Or I’m gonna disappear (nah) Not all at once (mm) Just piece by piece (uhh) I don’t wanna wake up older (yeah) Still saying “soon” Something has to change (nah. nah.) And it starts with me (uhh) [Outro – instrumental fades, quiet ad-libs] (yeah…) (uhh…) I’m not waiting anymore
