[Intro filtered vocal, minimal beat]
They taught me…
They taught me…
Verse 1
They say you gotta learn the rules before you play
Silence is power, and love’s a shame
If you feel it first, then you lose the race
So I keep my heart locked far away
My thumb’s hovering over truth
Like it’s something I’m not allowed to do
I miss when wanting wasn’t weak
Now I practice distance in my sleep
[Pre-Chorus build starts]
Every message is a mirror
Shows me who I’m scared to be
I’m not cold, I’m just afraid
You’ll see how much you mean to me
[Chorus big, melodic hook]
They taught me how to not care
How to leave before I’m there
How to love without being seen
How to bleed invisibly
We don’t break, we disappear
Call it space, call it fear
I don’t ghost you ‘cause I don’t feel
I ghost you ‘cause it feels too real
[Post-Chorus / drop]
[Verse 2 beat comes back lighter]
Everyone’s temporary now
Even forever’s on trial somehow
We trade our souls for entertainment
Call it chemistry, call it arrangement
We flirt like we’re not even here
Keep score, keep love unclear
Nobody says “stay” anymore
We just hope the other knows
[Pre-Chorus 2 shorter, more tension]
I don’t know how to be soft
Without turning into a wound
So I play indifferent
Like that makes me immune
[Chorus repeat, stronger]
They taught me how to not care
How to leave before I’m there
How to love without being seen
How to bleed invisibly
We don’t break, we disappear
Call it space, call it fear
I don’t ghost you ‘cause I don’t feel
I ghost you ‘cause I feel too real
[Bridge breakdown – stripped vocal + pads]
What if love isn’t broken
Just hiding from the noise?
What if we’re all still children
Scared to use our voice?
I’d rather lose you honestly
Than keep you through a lie
But honesty feels reckless
In a world that rewards goodbye
[Final Chorus half-time -full drop]
They taught me how to not care
But no one taught me how to stay
How to sit inside the feeling
Without running the other way
If I show you all of me
And you walk, I’ll be alive
But I can’t keep pretending
Being numb is how you survive
[Final Drop / Outro]
They taught me how to not care
But I still do…
no one taught me how to stay
How to sit inside the feeling
Without running the other way
Tonenico
