Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Candle wax on the plate
One more year on my face
Your name still in my phone
But the room feels like stone
I wore the shirt you liked
Now it fits like a lie
The cake knife caught the light
And I laughed just to try
[Pre-Chorus]
Tell me how to smile
When the picture turns away
Tell me how to say
It’s a good day
I got friends in the hall
I got songs on the wall
But I still hear the fall
When you don’t call
[Chorus]
Birthday yes, happy never
Birthday yes, happy never
I blew out the flame
It looked the same
Birthday yes, happy never
Birthday yes, happy never
All these hands on my back
Still I’m cracked
[Verse 2]
Paper cups on the sink
I keep missing the drink
You left glitter in blue
On the coat I outgrew
Mom said make a wish
I said, “I did, I did”
But the wish came back
All torn at the edge
The phone kept lighting up
But not from you
Just a screen full of love
That I couldn’t use
[Pre-Chorus]
Tell me how to stay
When the night keeps moving in
Tell me how to play
Like I fit in
I got laughs in the room
I got truth in the gloom
But the quiet will bloom
Where you used to
[Chorus]
Birthday yes, happy never
Birthday yes, happy never
I blew out the flame
It looked the same
Birthday yes, happy never
Birthday yes, happy never
All these hands on my back
Still I’m cracked
[Bridge]
Maybe next year, maybe
I won’t count the rain
Maybe next year, baby
I’ll say your name less strange
But tonight I’m the kid
With the thumb on the screen
Watching everybody
Pretend I’m clean
[Final Chorus]
Birthday yes, happy never
Birthday yes, happy never
I blew out the flame
It looked the same
Birthday yes, happy never
Birthday yes, happy never
All these hands on my back
Still I’m cracked
Birthday yes, happy never
(never)
Birthday yes, happy never
(happy never)
Style
pop-emo midtempo with tight four-on-the-floor drumspalm-muted guitarsand a pulsing synth bed; verse stays intimate with dry lead vocal and picked guitarpre-chorus opens wide with rising toms and stacked harmonieschorus hits hard with doubled hooks and gang ad-libsbridge drops to half-time with filtered keys then final chorus bursts with brighter guitarssnapped clapsand a tape-stop into the last line. brightpunchyemotionally raw mix.happypop emo
Prompt
Birthday yes, happy never, pop emo
Credits
Prompt bymother_hubbard
GeneratedJun 27, 2026
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