You Don't Notice

intro

i wear—

i wear—

(a mask)

you believe it.

verse 1

i wear it well, i keep it neat

i say i’m fine, you take the seat

you hear the words, you don’t look twice

you don’t question how i’m really doing inside

i’ve learned the tone, the timing too

how to sound okay when i’m not even close to true

i don’t fall apart, i don’t raise my voice

so you think i’m fine — you make that choice

pre-chorus

i don’t ask for help

i don’t let it show

so you never see

what you don’t want to know

chorus

i wear a mask — you believe it

i say i’m fine — you don’t read it

you don’t notice when i disappear

you don’t notice the truth right here

i’m breaking quiet, right in front of you

but i don’t make a sound, so you don’t have to

you don’t notice

no, you don’t notice me

post-chorus

(mask on) you believe it

(fine) you repeat it

(no sound) no saving me

verse 2

you see the surface, you see the role

not the weight i’m carrying alone

you don’t hear the cracks in my replies

you don’t see the tired in my eyes

maybe i made it too easy

maybe i hid it too well

but if you really wanted to know

you’d feel when something fell

pre-chorus 2

i don’t collapse

i don’t complain

so my silence

looks like strength

chorus

i wear a mask — you believe it

i say i’m fine — you don’t read it

you don’t notice when i pull away

you don’t notice what i don’t say

i’m breaking quiet, right in your sight

but i keep it together, so you don’t have to try

you don’t notice

no, you don’t notice me

bridge

i’m not invisible

i’m just unseen

there’s a difference

between quiet and okay

you don’t miss what you never look for

you don’t hear what i don’t let fall

chorus

i wear a mask — you accept it

you take my words, you don’t check them

you don’t notice the cracks in me

you don’t notice i’m barely breathing

i’m breaking slowly, clean and contained

and you walk past like nothing’s changed

you don’t notice

no, you don’t notice me

outro

i don’t blame you

but it still hurts

to be this close

and never be heard

(mask off)

…still unseen.