[Style: Indie Pop]
[Tempo: ~76 BPM]
[Mood: Reflective, honest, grounded]
[Intro (soft, almost spoken)]
Yeah…
I thought I lost it for a minute…
[Verse 1]
I miss how I used to sound…
Not the songs — just how it felt coming out
No second guessing, no overthinking lines…
Just saying what was really on my mind
Now I’m sitting here rewriting every word
Trying to make it perfect, trying to make it heard
Trying to be different, trying to stand apart…
Somewhere I lost the heart
[Pre-Chorus]
And I can feel it slipping away…
Every time I try to change
[Chorus]
Heart on my sleeve… yeah it’s still there
Buried underneath all this pressure I wear
Trying to be someone I’m not supposed to be…
That’s not me
Heart on my sleeve… I remember now
I don’t need to change, I just need to be honest out loud
If I lose everything chasing what I believe…
At least it’s me
[Verse 2]
I made a song called “still not me”
Didn’t realize how true that’d be
Thought evolving meant I had to switch the sound…
Now I don’t even feel like me right now
Everyone’s trying to be something new
So I tried it too — yeah I followed through
But the more I chase what I think they want…
The more I feel gone
[Pre-Chorus]
I don’t need to reinvent…
I just need to represent
[Chorus]
Heart on my sleeve… yeah it’s still there
Buried underneath all this pressure I wear
Trying to be someone I’m not supposed to be…
That’s not me
Heart on my sleeve… I remember now
I don’t need to change, I just need to be honest out loud
If I lose everything chasing what I believe…
At least it’s me
[Bridge (stripped, real)]
Maybe I didn’t lose my sound…
Maybe I just drowned it out
Trying to be what I’m not…
Instead of being what I got
[Final Chorus (slight lift)]
Heart on my sleeve… I found it again
Not perfect, but I don’t need to pretend
If it’s real, then it’s everything I need…
That’s me
Heart on my sleeve… no more disguise
No more chasing what’s trending outside
If they don’t feel it, that’s fine with me…
At least I’m free
[Outro (soft)]
Yeah…
That’s me.
ELIROBB
