[INTRO – spoken breathy]
mmm… yeah…
(low, airy)
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[VERSE 1]
E. ve. ry. time. I hear your name,
I feel a shock run through my veins.
I know you will always stay the same…
But maybe I could dream of change.
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[PRE-CHORUS]
Stay the man who’s always mean.
Stay the man who can’t come clean.
Stay that man pretending he will fight
for the love that’s never right.
(ad-lib: soft “ah—yeah”)
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[DROP INTO CHORUS – ad-lib]
Oh—
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[CHORUS]
Be the shock that runs right through me.
Be the voice that can’t control me.
Be the storm that can’t consume me.
Be. Me.
Try to be the light that shines for me.
Try to be the passion that I breathe.
Try to be me.
Be. Me.
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[POST-CHORUS – chopped]
(be me… be me…)
(stuttered: be-be-be me)
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[VERSE 2] – NEW FULL VERSE
You come around like you want to change,
but every word still sounds the same.
You say you’re done, you say you’ve walked away…
but somehow, you always know my place.
You pull me in when the night gets cold,
like I’m the truth you never told.
You think I break, but I don’t lose control—
I’m the fire you never hold.
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[PRE-CHORUS – repeat]
Stay the man who’s always mean.
Stay the man who can’t come clean.
Stay that man pretending he will fight
for the love that’s never right.
(ad-lib: soft “mm—right”)
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[CHORUS – repeat]
Be the shock that runs right through me.
Be the voice that can’t control me.
Be the storm that can’t consume me.
Be. Me.
Try to be the light that shines for me.
Try to be the passion that I breathe.
Try to be me.
Be. Me.
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[OUTRO – airy]
be… me…
(fade)
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