Hey, You!

[Verse 1 – very soft, close]
Hey, you
Yeah, the one in the back of the room
Laughing just a little too loud
So nobody looks too close at you

I see you counting every word
Before it leaves your mouth
Trying not to be too much
Trying not to stand out

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[Pre-Chorus]
You think if you move fast enough
They won’t see where you crack
But you don’t have to outrun the world
Just to have a place in it

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[Chorus – open, emotional]
You don’t have to prove your worth
By carrying it all alone
You don’t have to win their love
Just to feel like you belong

You’re not behind, you’re not too late
You’re not wrong for how you feel
One day you’ll stand up in your life
And finally know you’re real

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[Verse 2 – slightly stronger]
I know that first time love broke you
You thought it was your fault
You held on so tight to something
You were scared to lose at all

You’ll say things you don’t mean
From a heart that’s scared to fall
But listen close, that fear you feel
Is not weakness at all

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[Pre-Chorus]
You’re not too intense
You’re not too fast
You just feel everything
And you feel it fast

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[Chorus – bigger]
You don’t have to prove your worth
By running every race
You don’t have to build a crown
Just to earn your place

You’re not broken, never were
You’re just becoming strong
And all those nights you felt too much
Were shaping you all along

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[Bridge – almost spoken]
One day
You’ll wake up next to a love
That feels like home

One day
A little voice will call you
“Dad”

And you’ll wonder how
The boy who doubted everything
Became someone
Who means everything
To someone else

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[Final Chorus – voice cracks slightly]
So breathe, you’re doing better
Than you think you are right now
You don’t have to earn the air
You’re breathing in somehow

You will build a life from fire
From discipline and scars
But you won’t need the armor forever
To know who you are

And when you finally look back
You won’t see a scared young man

You’ll see the reason
I am who I am

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[Outro – piano only]
Hey, you
You made it

Contemporary Piano Ballad, Cinematic Pop,Singer-Songwriter confessioneel, male