[Verse 1]
I write it down
’cause my mouth trips when you’re around
Leave it on the table
You scroll your phone
Keep looking down
You say
“I’m here”
But your eyes drift past my face
I’m spilling over
You’re somewhere in another place
[Chorus]
I want you to hear me
Not just wait for your turn to speak
I’m right here
Breaking
Every time that you barely blink
Can you see I’m shaking?
This is more than some passing mood
I want you to hear me
Like it matters
’cause it’s you
[Verse 2]
I laugh it off
Turn my volume into jokes
But after you’ve forgotten
I’m still breathing in the smoke
I don’t need fixing
I just need you in the room
Not your shadow
Not your echo
Just the truth
[Chorus]
I want you to hear me
Not just nod like you always do
I’m right here
Open
Holding all of this out to you
Can you feel me fading
Every time that you change the view?
I want you to hear me
Really hear me
Like it’s new
[Bridge]
What if I said this is the last time?
Would that finally make you stay?
What if I stopped trying to be gentle
And just called it by its name? (hey)
I don’t want to lose you
I just want a way through
[Chorus]
I want you to hear me
Let the silence sit in the air
Look up
Don’t answer
’til you taste that I’m really there
Can you hold this moment
Like a promise you won’t undo?
I want you to hear me
I want you to hear me
I just want you