Just notice me
[INTRO - sung, quiet and bruised]
I don't do this
Don't let people in
But something about her
Got underneath my skin
[VERSE 1 - rapped, slow and frustrated, confidence cracking]
I see her every other day
She looks right through me every time
I tell myself I don't care
But I keep rewriting every line
Every word I'd say to her
Every way to make her see
Funny how the one you want
Is the one who lets you be
I've had girls chase me down the block
Never had to try this hard
She just smiles at someone else
While I'm standing in the yard
Hate that I even notice
What she's wearing, how she laughs
Hate that I still remember
Every word from every time we passed
[HOOK - sung, melodic and aching]
Just notice me one time
Look my way, cross the line
I don't beg, I don't chase
But she got me out of place
Just notice me for real
Give me something I can feel
I don't do this, never have
Wanting something I can't have
[VERSE 2 - rapped, angrier, turning it inward]
Mad at myself for even feeling this
Mad that I care about someone like this
Been fine alone my whole damn life
Never needed somebody's eyes
But she walks in and everything I know
Quietly and slowly dies
Tried being around her more
Tried being funny, tried being cool
She looks at me like I'm furniture
Standing here feeling like a fool
This ain't me, I don't do this
Don't sit around and wait
But here I am at two in the morning
Staring at a name I won't erase
[HOOK - sung, melodic and aching]
Just notice me one time
Look my way, cross the line
I don't beg, I don't chase
But she got me out of place
Just notice me for real
Give me something I can feel
I don't do this, never have
Wanting something I can't have
[BRIDGE - sung, most vulnerable, beat drops]
I know what this is
Seen it all before
You want someone so bad
You don't know what you want them for
Maybe it's the way she doesn't need me
Maybe that's the whole thing
Always wanted what won't stay
Always chased what flies away
[VERSE 3 - rapped, quieter, the decision made]
Saw her laugh today with someone
Really laugh, the kind that's real
Looked happy in a way that told me
That ain't something she would feel
Not with me, not ever
She don't see me that way
I can keep on standing around
Or I can just walk away
So I'm walking, not because I'm over it
But I know when I'm done
She was never gonna notice
And I'm tired of being the one
Delete the name, put the phone down
Roll one up, let it go
Some people ain't yours no matter what
That's the hardest thing to know
[HOOK - sung, melodic and aching]
Just notice me one time
Look my way, cross the line
I don't beg, I don't chase
But she got me out of place
Just notice me for real
Give me something I can feel
I don't do this, never have
Wanting something I can't have
[OUTRO - sung, flat and final]
She never noticed
Never will
Delete the name
Standing still
Walked away
Head held high
She never noticed
That's alright
Vesper
