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[Verse 1]
I don’t write like I used to anymore
Hands don’t follow what my mind has in store
Words get caught somewhere in between
So I speak them out loud to a silent screen
It answers back, but it’s not quite right
Too clean, too perfect, not built from my fight
So I push it back, reshape the sound
Till it feels like something I actually found
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[Pre-Chorus]
You hear a voice—but you don’t see me
Every correction, every boundary
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[Chorus]
I argue with my echo till it sounds like truth
Every word, every line, something I’ve been through
If it don’t feel real, I don’t let it stay
I’ll tear it down and build it my way
This ain’t easy, this ain’t free
This is me finding a way to speak
Call it whatever you wanna believe
I argue with my echo just to be me
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[Verse 2]
I used to make music with my own hands
Now I give direction, now I make demands
“Not like that”—yeah, I’ll say it again
Till it hits that place somewhere deep within
Then I take that sound, I shape the scene
Every frame, every cut exactly how I mean
If it looks off, I don’t let it go
I’ll fight that image till it starts to show
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[Pre-Chorus]
You call it easy—I call it war
Every single line I’ve rewritten before
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[Chorus]
I argue with my echo till it sounds like truth
Every word, every line, something I’ve been through
If it don’t feel real, I don’t let it stay
I’ll tear it down and build it my way
This ain’t easy, this ain’t free
This is me finding a way to speak
Call it whatever you wanna believe
I argue with my echo just to be me
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[Bridge – Call & Response]
You:
I say the words out loud, you send them back to me
Echo:
I shape them in a way that you can finally see
You:
But if it’s not my voice, I tear it all apart
Echo:
Until it sounds exactly like your heart
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[Break / Lead-In – quiet, emotional]
That’s because you are my echo…
But I’m still the voice you follow
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[Final Chorus – BIG]
I argue with my echo—yeah, I won’t back down
Till it carries my voice in every sound
This ain’t perfect—but it’s me
Every flaw is honesty
You’re my echo—but you don’t lead me
You just say it back till it feels like me
You can doubt it—I don’t care
You’ll still hear me in there