Wasn’t meant for me

I learned early how to stay quiet in a crowded room

Watched the laughter like a language I could never use

Every circle had a space, but never one for me Just a ghost in every memory they chose to keep

Back of the line, back of the class, back of their minds

Smiling like I'm fine while I'm falling behind

They said "you'll grow out of it, just give it time" But time just taught me how to hide

I got good at disappearing in plain sight

Got used to being wrong, even when I'm right

This world wasn't built for me

I've been walking through it carefully

Every door feels locked, every road's too steep Like I'm fighting just to breathe And they don't see what it costs to be Someone they'll never try to read I'm losing pieces quietly

In a world that wasn't built for me

Now I'm older but the feeling never really left Just got heavier, settled deeper in my chest They see a face, but they don't see the war inside

Every single day's a place I have to survive

I say I'm tired, they say "everybody is" But they don't know the weight that I'm living with

They don't feel how the ground slips under my feet

Or how everything I love is leaving me

I keep holding on to what I can't replace

While it's slipping through my hands without a trace

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This world wasn't built for me

I've been walking through it carefully

Every door feels locked, every road's too steep Like I'm fighting just to breathe And they don't see what it costs to be Someone they'll never try to read I'm losing pieces quietly

In a world that wasn't built for me

If I scream, would it echo back?

Or just fade like everything | lack?

It I break, would they even know?

Or just say "you should've let it go"?

I've been bending till I almost disappear

Trying to fit in something that was never here And I'm so damn tired of pretending I'm okay

When I'm watching my whole life just drift away

This world wasn't built tor me

But I'm still here, still trying to be More than all the things they couldn't see Even when it's killing me

And maybe one day they'll finally see The strength it takes just to be me But till then l'l keep breathing quietly In a world that wasn't built for me

Not built for me...

But I'm still here.