That’s The Way I Am

(Soft lo-fi beat, mic check sample)

Check one, check two…

Yeah, I’m gonna start singing right now.

(Laughs under breath, then whispers)

Maybe I shouldn’t.

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Feelin’ kinda nervous, startin’ things, not really like me

Got a boyfriend says he likes me — guess I like him, maybe

But I’m not big on relationships, I’m more down for the flirt

All my friends say it’s a problem, I just don’t wanna get hurt

I can’t take my feelings, can’t trust my heart

So I never take chances ‘cause I know I’ll break apart

Buh-duh-duh-duh, buh-duh-duh, I hate the mushy shit

I tell it how it is — yeah, I wish that I was kiddin’

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I’m unpredictable — one day, irresistible

The next, I hate myself, never good for someone else

Try to stay away, but he’s folding all my walls

And suddenly, I’m falling… I can’t stop at all

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No, I wasn’t born without a heart

I wasn’t always like this, no

Watched you break me, now you blame me

Guess that’s just the way I am

No, I wasn’t born with all these scars

You made me who I am so far

Can you blame me? (No…)

That’s the way I am

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I’m an angel — tell me what you mean by that

I take it all, I’ll never give it back

Every time I start to cry, I choke the sound, I dry my eyes

I tell myself I’m fine, even when I’m cold inside

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(Beat fades, piano + layered whisper vocals)

Cut me open, I’ll still laugh

Call it coping, call it trash

I’m just scared of being known

So I burn instead of grow

(Beat returns, distorted bass enters)

Hurt people, hurt people — I know that’s cliché

But it’s all I got left when the love fades away

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No, I wasn’t born without a heart

But it’s easier in the dark

Watched you break me, now you blame me

That’s the way I am, oh

No, I wasn’t born to fall apart

You made the cracks, now call it art

Can you blame me? (No…)

That’s the way I am

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(Soft echo, mic hum fades)

Check one, check two…

Guess that’s just—

(static cut)

—the way I am.