[Verse 1]
Black nails
Black hoodie
Hiding in the back of the class
Headphones loud
Eyes distant
Drawing storms in the margins
He sat front row
Quiet
Thumbs dancing under the desk
Pixel world
Bright monsters
Soft smile no one expected
[Pre-Chorus]
I never understood his silence
All his colors lived on a screen
Till he turned it toward me
Said
“Wanna see the world I mean?”
[Chorus]
Now I’m yelling at bosses and cheering for heroes
Crying at scenes with the subtitles on
Paused on a couch in a pile of controllers
This emo heart got a save point
Son
I traded my sad songs for opening credits
He traded his solo for sharing the seat
I fell for an awkward
Autistic gamer
And now his weird little world feels like home to me
[Verse 2]
He info-dumps in essays
About plots three seasons ahead
I hang on every tangent
Every side quest in his head
He laughs when I mispronounce
Every single character’s name
But he holds my hand through dungeons
Lets me die
Then restarts the game
[Pre-Chorus]
He flaps his hands when he’s excited
I swear it lights up the room
I used to draw my ghosts in charcoal
Now they dance in sailor moon boots
[Chorus]
Now I’m yelling at bosses and cheering for heroes
Crying at scenes with the subtitles on
Paused on a couch in a pile of controllers
This emo heart got a save point
Son
I traded my sad songs for opening credits
He traded his solo for sharing the seat
I fell for an awkward
Autistic gamer
And now his weird little world feels like home to me
[Bridge]
[Beat drops to drums and tremolo guitar]
You like your lines clear
I live in shades of gray
You script your days like turn-based fights
I just improv my pain away
But you count down
“three
Two”
When the world feels much too loud
I breathe with you on “one”
And the noise just… dials down
[Chorus]
Now we’re yelling at bosses and cheering for heroes
Crying at scenes with the subtitles on
Two kids on a couch in a blanket fortress
Every misfit piece finally found where it belongs
I still wear my black and my chipped eyeliner
You still tap “retry” when it’s hard to speak
I fell for an honest
Autistic gamer
And now this player two love is the route I wanna keep
[Outro]
[Soft guitar
Vocal almost whispered]
Yeah
This player two love
Is the route I’m gonna keep (hey)
This emo heart
Got a save point in your heartbeat