Not Just Dramatic

Verse 1

You say I’m dramatic—okay, say it again

Like that’s gonna fix what’s under my skin

Like I woke up today and chose to feel this

Like I’m not already fighting through it

You don’t hear it—you don’t see it

You don’t feel the way I feel it

It’s too loud and I can’t mute it

And you stand there like I choose this

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Pre-Chorus

It’s building, it’s building, it’s building too fast

I’m trying to breathe but it never lasts

One second I’m fine and the next I collapse

And you’re telling me I should relax?

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Chorus

I’M NOT JUST DRAMATIC

I’M LOSING CONTROL

IT HITS ALL AT ONCE

AND I CAN’T LET IT GO

YOU DON’T LIVE IN MY HEAD

YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT IT’S LIKE

WHEN EVERYTHING’S BREAKING

AT THE SAME DAMN TIME

DON’T TELL ME TO FIX IT

DON’T TELL ME HOW TO ACT

MY MIND IS UNDER ATTACK

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Verse 2

You think it’s a moment—it’s not, it’s a flood

Too many thoughts and they’re drawing blood

It’s every small thing stacking up at once

Till I can’t even tell which way is up

I hear every word ten different ways

Replaying every second for days and days

So don’t act like it’s nothing to me

When it’s everything just to survive

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Pre-Chorus 2

It’s rising, it’s rising, it’s out of my hands

I’m trying to stop it—I don’t think I can

I’m gripping the edge but I’m slipping again

And you’re telling me, “calm down, Mrs. Dramatic”?

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Chorus

I’M NOT JUST DRAMATIC

I’M LOSING CONTROL

IT HITS ALL AT ONCE

AND I CAN’T LET IT GO

YOU DON’T LIVE IN MY HEAD

YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT IT’S LIKE

WHEN EVERYTHING’S BREAKING

AT THE SAME DAMN TIME

DON’T TELL ME TO FIX IT

DON’T TELL ME HOW TO ACT

MY MIND IS UNDER ATTACK

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Bridge

I DON’T KNOW HOW TO SHUT IT OFF

I DON’T KNOW HOW TO MAKE IT STOP

IF I COULD, DON’T YOU THINK I WOULD?

ALL THESE MOMENTS ARE BREAKING MY HEART

I’M NOT TRYING TO BE THIS WAY

I’M NOT TRYING TO PUSH YOU AWAY

BUT THE MORE YOU SAY “RELAX”

THE WORSE IT GETS—THE MORE I CRACK

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Final Chorus

I’M NOT JUST DRAMATIC

I’M TRYING TO BREATHE

BUT IT’S ALL PILING UP

AND IT’S BURYING ME

YOU DON’T SEE WHAT IT TAKES

JUST TO STAY IN CONTROL

WHEN I’M FIGHTING MYSELF

TRYING NOT TO LOSE IT ALL

DON’T CALL ME DRAMATIC

LIKE I’M CHOOSING THIS PAIN

I’m just trying to survive it…

But you say it again