[Intro — soft piano, room noise, mic click]
(quiet)
Yeah…
I don’t think they hear me…
not really…
⸻
[Hook]
This the only way I’m heard (yeah)
Put my pain inside a verse (inside a verse)
It make me smile, then it hurt (it hurt)
Same song, I repeat it ‘til it burn (again… again…)
This the only place I talk (I talk)
Even if nobody involved (nah)
If they never press play at all—
at least I said it… that’s enough… (barely…)
⸻
[Verse 1]
I be talkin’ to a mic like it know me (know me)
Say it out loud, but the room still lonely (still)
Play it back slow like “damn, that’s the old me” (is it?)
Or the same me hidin’ low-key (yeah…)
Some songs hit and I can’t breathe (can’t)
Tears fall, but it ain’t seen (nah)
I ain’t cryin’ for nobody—just me (just me)
That’s the only time it feel real deep (real…)
They think it’s just music, just sound (just sound)
They don’t hear the breakin’ down (nah)
They don’t feel the way it surround—
every thought when it get too loud (too loud…)
⸻
[Hook]
This the only way I’m heard (yeah)
Put my pain inside a verse (inside a verse)
It make me smile, then it hurt (it hurt)
Same song, I repeat it ‘til it burn (again… again…)
This the only place I talk (I talk)
Even if nobody involved (nah)
If they never press play at all—
at least I said it… that’s enough… (barely…)
⸻
[Verse 2]
I replay the same track, same line (same line)
Same pain at the same time (every time)
Try to move on, but it rewind (rewind)
Like my mind stuck on one time (stuck…)
I ain’t tryna die, I’m just tired (tired…)
Of the feelin’ I can’t quiet (quiet…)
Music the only thing I confide in (yeah)
Even when it cut, I still dive in (again)
It’s a mirror I can’t look from (nah)
But I need it when I’m numb (I do)
Every lyric like a loaded gun—
but it’s aimed at where I’m from (me…)
⸻
[Bridge — almost whispering]
If you hear this…
just know I meant it…
every word…
even the ones I ain’t finish…
⸻
[Final Hook — more broken, emotional]
This the only way I’m heard (heard…)
Even if it never work (nah…)
I’ma bleed it in a verse (bleed…)
‘Til the silence don’t feel worse… (please…)
This the only place I go (I go…)
When I feel like no one knows (no one knows…)
If I say it, I don’t explode—
so I write it… then I cope… (yeah…)
⸻
[Outro — fading piano, breath]
(quiet)
You don’t gotta listen…
I just needed to say it…