Call It What It Is

[Verse 1]
I’ve been talking to the ceiling
Like it’s got something to say back
Phone buzzing on the nightstand
I flip it, then I fall back
You said, “Tell me how you’re feeling”
I laughed it off, changed the track
Every time you get close
I get scared of what I lack
[Pre-Chorus]
You see the mess
I see the damage
You call it love
I call it habit
But when you trace my scars
Like you’re reading them aloud
I almost let the walls fall down
[Chorus]
So let’s call it what it is
I’m afraid of how you kiss me
Every promise feels like risk
But you still stand here and you don’t flinch
If I’m broken, you insist
I’m a story still in progress
If you’re staying through all this
Then I’ll try, I’ll try
To call it what it is
[Verse 2]
Caught my reflection in the window
Same eyes, different bruise
I’ve been hiding in the humor
Turn the pain into a ruse
You just sit there on the carpet
Knees up, old tattoo
Say, “You don’t have to be perfect
You just gotta tell the truth”
[Pre-Chorus]
You see the boy
Lost in the static
I see the man
But I panic
When you say my name
Like it’s something you won’t lose
I almost let my heart choose
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[low vocal register] I don’t know how long it takes
To trust that you won’t walk away
[whispered vocals] But every time you hold my face
I feel a little less afraid
[full voice] If this is real, if this is grace
I’ll stop running from your gaze
One breath, one beat
I’m stepping into the same place as you
[Chorus]

rap, Soft rap/pop hybrid over warm Rhodes and soft pads, male vocals. Intimate, close-mic verses with subtle triplet hats and deep but gentle kick; chorus blooms with airy synths, stacked harmonies, and a simple guitar counter-line. Energy arcs from confessional vulnerability in the first verse to a cathartic, shout-along hook. Light saturation on the vocal, a few ad-lib throws, and a spacious reverb tail on the final chorus., pop, soft, emotional