2D Has My Heart

[Verse 1]
Dog-eared page
Half-open book
Coffee cold on the same old desk
Everyone’s out chasing weekends
I’m chasing credits and side quests
Ink on my hands
Yeah I love it
Still
I’m staring past the words
To neon skies and falling cherry leaves
Where the pain feels twice as heard
[Chorus]
Don’t get me wrong
I love my stories
But anime’s the one that wrecks me whole
Every hero
Every broken villain
Tattooed on my haunted soul
I could have a thousand paper worlds
Stacked up on my bedroom floor
Still I’m crying in a language
I don’t even speak
But I’m needing more
I love anime
More than these pages ever say
[Verse 2]
Subtitles blur
Eyes are flooding
Midnight snacks and a blanket fort
Parents think I’m just “escaping”
They don’t see it’s my support
Cause when she stands up through the ashes
When he breaks instead of bends
I learn to live with all my damage
Like they’re my long-distance friends (oh-oh)
[Chorus]
Don’t get me wrong
I love my stories
But anime’s the one that wrecks me whole
Every promise
Every tragic ending
Stitches holes I can’t control
I could have a thousand paper worlds
Stacked up on my bedroom floor
Still I’m praying to a distant skyline
I’ve only seen through a screen door
I love anime
More than these pages ever say
[Bridge]
Teach me every word they’re shouting
I want to scream it back someday
Cherry blossoms in my notebook
Drawn in red and black and gray
Maybe I was born in the
Wrong frame
Wrong place
Wrong frame rate
But when that opening song starts up
It feels like I’m in the right state (hey!)
[Chorus]
Don’t get me wrong
I love my stories
But anime’s the one that holds me close
Every fight scene
Every quiet moment
Feels like home that no one knows
I could have a thousand paper worlds
Stacked up on my bedroom floor
Still I’m saving up for a far-off country
I’ve only walked in my dreams before
I love anime
Yeah
That’s my secret little faith
I love anime
More than these pages ever say

pop, Emo-pop with female vocals, bright distorted guitars over tight punchy drums, bass driving eighth-note pulse. Verses stay intimate and confessional with roomy lead vocal; chorus explodes with stacked harmonies and octave doubles. Brief clean-guitar bridge with subtle synth pad, then final chorus hits harder with extra ad-libs and cymbal swells., emo, anime, soul