[Intro – quiet, shallow breathing, one tired note]
Broken.
Alone.
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[Verse 1]
I wake up already empty,
Like sleep forgot to work.
I give the day whatever I have left,
It asks for more and more.
I try to stand up straight,
But the weight keeps finding me.
Every effort feels invisible,
Like I’m failing silently.
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[Pre-Chorus]
I swear I’m doing everything I can,
Why does it still feel wrong?
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[Chorus]
I’m crying from exhaustion,
Not heartbreak, not surprise.
Just tired of proving I exist
To a world that’s never satisfied.
I try and try and try again,
But it’s never enough somehow.
I don’t want to quit, I’m just so tired
Of being strong right now.
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[Verse 2]
They say “keep going, it gets better,”
Like I haven’t heard that before.
I’ve been running on empty for so long
I don’t know what I’m running for.
I swallow every doubt,
I smile when I’m supposed to cope.
But hope feels like a language
I was never taught to know.
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[Pre-Chorus]
If effort mattered more than outcomes,
I’d be okay by now.
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[Chorus]
I’m crying from exhaustion,
My body learned to break.
I give the world my last breath
And it still wants me to wait.
I try and try and try again,
I keep showing up somehow.
I don’t need saving, I just need rest
From being enough for now.
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[Bridge – stripped, almost spoken]
I don’t want to disappear.
I just want the noise to stop.
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[Final Chorus]
I’m broken, I’m alone,
And I don’t have tears to spare.
I’ve done everything they asked of me,
And I’m still standing nowhere.
I’ll try again tomorrow,
Because that’s what I know how to do.
But tonight I’m crying from exhaustion,
Not because I’m weak —
Because I’m through.
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[Outro – fading]
Still here.
Just tired.
(music fades quietly)
