Something Wrong With Me

[Verse 1]
I leave my messages on read
Stare at the ceiling
Sink in bed
Make up excuses in my head
Just to stay lonely
Say I'm too busy to reply
Cancel on friends
Don't say why
Wear the same hoodie till July
Smelling like old me
[Chorus]
I know there's something wrong with me
I laugh it off like it's funny
Turn every compliment to doubt
Start a fire
Then put it out
I know there's something wrong with me
Or maybe something hurting me
But I don't know how to say
"Can you stay?"
[Verse 2]
I hate the mirror
Hate the view
Scroll till the sunrise shining through
Promise I'll finally change next June
Then sleep till midday
Say I'm "just tired
" say I'm fine
Switch every subject
Cross each line
Treat every lifeline like a sign
To pull away
[Chorus]
I know there's something wrong with me
I twist the good into ugly
Hold every memory like a blade
Bleeding out over small mistakes
I know there's something wrong with me
Or maybe something wired deep
And I don't know how to say
"Can you stay?"
[Bridge]
Would you still like me
If you saw the worst parts first
All the cracked glass
All the bad words
Would you still call me
When I don't pick up for days
When I'm too afraid to ask you
[Chorus]
I know there's something wrong with me
But you keep sitting here calmly
Pouring your coffee into mine
Saying
"It's okay to take your time" (take your time)
Maybe there's nothing wrong to fix
Just broken stories I revisit
So I'm trying now to say
"Please just stay"

Intimate indie pop ballad, male vocals; soft fingerpicked acoustic and subtle room reverb, brushed snare entering on first chorus; verses stay hushed and conversational, chorus blooms with warm pads and stacked harmonies; gentle melodic rise on bridge, then pull back to whispery final hook