Verse 1
I learned silence before I learned speech
Read the room like a crime scene
Every smile felt borrowed
Every calm felt temporary
They said “relax, you’re safe now”
But my pulse didn’t get the memo
I was built for storms and exits
Not small talk and halos
Pre-Chorus
I tried to sit still in a quiet life
But my bones kept pacing the floor
Chorus
I didn’t know how to be normal
When normal never knew my name
I wore pain like it was protocol
And called survival “playing the game”
They say “you’re fine, just breathe it off”
Like breath erases scars
I didn’t know how to be normal
I only knew how to stay alive
Verse 2
Every laugh came half a second late
Like I was checking for danger
Happiness felt like a rental car
Nice, but I wouldn’t keep it
They talk about peace like it’s common
Like it grows in everyone’s yard
Mine came with warning labels
And exits drawn in the dark
Pre-Chorus
If this is what normal feels like
Why does it feel like I’m lying to myself?
Chorus
I didn’t know how to be normal
When normal never knew my name
I stitched my fear into manners
And called it “acting okay”
They say “move on, you’re over it”
Like time forgives it all
I didn’t know how to be normal
I only knew how to stay alive
Bridge
Maybe normal’s just a language
I was never taught at home
Maybe broken isn’t broken
If it carried you this far alone
I don’t flinch because I’m weak
I flinch because I learned fast
You don’t call it dysfunction
When it saved you from the past
Final Chorus
I didn’t know how to be normal
But I know who I became
I turned wounds into awareness
And scars into a name
If normal means forgetting
Every battle that you won
Then I don’t know how to be normal
And I’m done apologizing for what I survived
Outro
I didn’t know how to be normal
But I knew how to endure
And maybe that’s a different kind of strength
They never taught,
But it’s real…
It’s mine.
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