Long Covid

I wake up in the same world,
but it don’t feel like the same world.
The sun rises on my street,
but my bones feel like they’re made of steel and hurt like they’re made of glass.
Everyone walks past—
no questions asked—
like I’m just tired, like it’ll pass.

I didn’t ask for this timeline,
didn’t pick this alternate life.
But here I am, half the person I once was,
beggin’ the world to see me twice.

’Cause I’m fighting battles no one sees,
breathing storms no one believes.
Living in a body that betrayed me quietly,
shouting in a crowd that keeps on whispering,
“you look fine to me.”
But I’m drowning underneath—
and no one understands what it means
to carry Long COVID in a world
that never learned how to care for the weak.

Soulful, slow-tempo neo-soul/R&B with intimate vocals, warm chords, and emotional, confessional vibes.