Fucked in the Head (Between Us)

[Intro: Soft, melancholic raw acoustic piano & faint rain sounds] (Mmm, yeah...) (9:07 AM...) (I should have listened.) (Listen close now)

[Verse 1: Intimate, breathy, conversational vocals] I don't want to be that girl you hit up when you're lonely and need to let loose I wanted to be the girl who listens to your worries and takes away the bruise I wanted to be the one you brought home, saying, "Mom and Dad, she's the one" With the same goals, the same mindset, standing together in the sun But I was just a temporary stop, a shadow you kept out of sight While I was ready to follow you to your dreams and hold you through the night (Hold you through the night, yeah...)

[Pre-Chorus: Subtle cello enters, rising tension] You told me to be careful, but you didn't do the same You kept your heavy walls up while you played a hidden game And now I'm suffocating in the things we never got to say... (Why'd you push me away?)

[Chorus: Explosive, heartbreaking vocal belt with lush harmonies] So I drove by your place today, and the house was looming dark! I was looking at your empty mailbox, just looking for a spark! And my thoughts of low self-worth, why do you trigger me so?! I’ve cried more tears over you than a man I used to know! The one who strung me along for seven long years of my life! But this hurts even deeper, cutting through me like a knife! I'm standing all alone in the cold and the gray... And it kills me that you told me to just stay away! (Stay away, yeah!)

[Verse 2: Snappy, rhythmic but emotional delivery] For weeks I've been checking, glancing over on my way home Obsessed and overwhelmed by thoughts of you while I'm driving alone I know it’s not the same, you haven't sought me out at all I was right thinking you never wanted to catch me in the fall I wanted to be the girl that drives you crazy, thinking 'bout us all day Reminiscing 'bout the last time you held me, before you walked away (Before you walked away, mmm)

[Pre-Chorus: Cello and building drum kicks] You told me to be careful, but you didn't do the same You kept your heavy walls up while you played a hidden game And now I'm suffocating in the things we never got to say... (Vocal stutter) (S-s-stay away!)

[Chorus: Maximum emotional energy, soaring belt] So I drove by your place today, and the house was looming dark! I was looking at your empty mailbox, just looking for a spark! And my thoughts of low self-worth, why do you trigger me so?! I’ve cried more tears over you than a man I used to know! The one who strung me along for seven long years of my life! But this hurts even deeper, cutting through me like a knife! I'm standing all alone in the cold and the gray... And it kills me that you told me to just stay away!

[Bridge: Stripped back acapella breakdown, extremely raw] [Acapella] I wanted to be that girl... Same beliefs, same mind... But you left me in the rearview... Leaving us behind... [Full Force Drop - Crashing Drums and Guitars] While you prayed over me, I prayed for you in my secret room! Now I'm watching the distance between us finally bloom! (Let it bloom! Let it break!)

[Final Chorus: Screaming-in-the-car intensity, high vocal runs] So I drove by your place today, and the house was looming dark! I was looking at your empty mailbox, just looking for a spark! And my thoughts of low self-worth, why do you trigger me so?! I’ve cried more tears over you than a man I used to know! The one who strung me along for seven long years of my life! But this hurts even deeper, cutting through me like a knife! I'm standing all alone in the cold and the gray... And it kills me that you told me to just stay away!