WHEN WILL YOU LISTEN

Verse 1 –Rap (controlled, tense)

Catching all the hurt you be throwin’ at me,

Actin’ like none of it ever bleeds.

Scrapin’ by, don’t know why

I keep tryin’ to crawl back to reality.

Look what you’ve done,

Actin’ like you don’t care at all.

Smashin’ things, throwin’ them everywhere,

You think I don’t hear every call.

Every word you said to them ugly mother—

While I’m out here tryna live solo.

Holdin’ it together with tape and hope,

While you break it all down like it’s normal.

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Pre-Chorus – Sung (soft, breathy)

I keep pickin’ pieces off the floor,

Packin’ pain like I’ve done before.

Every time I try to stay,

You push me right out of the way.

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Chorus – Sung (emotional, gentle but strong)

When will you understand?

When will you listen?

Playin’ this game,

Still pretendin’ everything’s fine.

Time keeps slippin’ by,

We’re runnin’ outta tries.

Say you’ll change again,

But there won’t be another time.

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Verse 2 – Rap (more exhausted, honest)

What’s wrong with me?

Here I am livin’ in this economy.

Empty hands, bare feet,

Don’t even know if we’re gonna eat.

Still I show up, still I stay,

Still I clean up your messes every day.

You say I’m dramatic, say I’m insane,

But I’m the only one feelin’ the pain.

I swallow words I never said,

Tryna keep peace in a war instead.

You call it love, I call it fear,

Wonder how I disappeared.

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Pre-Chorus – Sung (repeat)

I keep pickin’ pieces off the floor,

Packin’ pain like I’ve done before.

Every time I try to stay,

You push me right out of the way.

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Chorus – Sung (bigger, layered)

When will you understand?

When will you listen?

Playin’ this game,

Still pretendin’ everything’s fine.

Time keeps slippin’ by,

We’re runnin’ outta tries.

Say you’ll change again,

But there won’t be another time.

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Bridge – Half-rap / half-sung (quiet, dangerous calm)

I’m tired of scream-cryin’ in silence,

Tired of callin’ this love when it’s violence.

If I walk away, don’t chase,

I already gave you every chance.

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Final Chorus – Sung (soft → powerful)

When will you understand?

When will you listen?

This isn’t love if I’m missin’ myself.

Time already slipped by,

We’re out of alibis.

Say my name one more time—

There won’t be another try.

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Outro – Whisper/Sung

I heard everything you said.

I just stopped answering.