**[Intro – whispered, heavily reverbed, almost spoken over faint rain sounds]**
I don't wanna take up space…
But I'm still breathing in this place…
Why does existing feel like sin…
When all I did was begin…
**[Verse 1 – soft, close-mic'd vocals floating over pulsing pads]**
They say I'm too loud, too raw, too real
Like my hurt's a fracture they don't wanna heal
Not begging for rescue, just trying not to drown
But you vanish like mist when I reach out
I told you I'm fine, I told you I'm good
Still can't look at me when I'm misunderstood
You want the ascension, the light at the end
But ghost when the shadows haven't left yet
**[Pre-Chorus – layered harmonies creeping in, synths rising]**
You pray for my progress but run from the wreck
Offer your hand, then pull it back the second I stretch
Easier to name me storm, name me intense
Than admit you only stay for the silence
**[Chorus – full atmospheric drop: crashing reverb waves, distant thunder-like drums]**
Burden? No… I'm the ache that taught your heart to beat
Don't need your mercy, just stop looking so relieved
When I finally go quiet and play the part you need
Space isn't rented—I was born in the bleed
You call it heavy, I call it the proof I'm still here
Blisters on my palms from holding atmosphere
I ain't your problem, I'm the echo you fear
So don't turn away when the truth draws near
**[Verse 2 – vocals double-tracked, glitch effects on certain words]**
Feeling like a burden doesn't make it fact
It's just the voice of carrying the sky on my back
While you wait on the shoreline for a calmer sea
For the version of me that stopped screaming
Easier to blame the weight than the ones who let go
I shrink into static, apologize for the glow
While you count the seconds 'til I'm "healed" and "whole"
Like pain is a debt I owe
**[Pre-Chorus – even more layers, vocal chops swirling]**
You want blessed with my rising but not my fall
Smile for the phoenix, disappear through it all
No, I'm not fighting, I'm not trying to break
Just naming the fear you wear like escape
**[Chorus – bigger this time, synths screaming]**
Burden? No… I'm the ache that taught your heart to beat
Don't need your mercy, just stop looking so relieved
When I finally go quiet and play the part you need
Space isn't rented—I was born in the bleed
You call it heavy, I call it the proof I'm still here
Blisters on my palms from holding atmosphere
I ain't your problem, I'm the ec
ReAsh
