**VERSE 1 (cleans)**
I’ve carried every weight alone,
Never asked for help, never threw a stone.
If I call on you, it’s not a request — it’s a demand,
You do the thing, no questions, no hand-holding plans.
I’m not here to hear your reasons,
I’m not buying any seasons of your show.
If it’s worth doing, you just do it,
That’s how I’ve lived, that’s all I know.
**CHORUS (ALL CAPS screams)**
I DON’T OWE YOU MY PATIENCE,
YOU DON’T GET MY APPLAUSE.
DO THE WORK, SAY NOTHING,
I’VE LIVED BY THAT LAW.
NO ONE LISTENS WHEN I’M BLEEDING,
WHY SHOULD I WHEN IT’S YOU?
STOP CRYING ABOUT YOUR REASONS,
WE BOTH KNOW WHAT YOU SHOULD DO.
**VERSE 2 (cleans)**
I don’t spell it out, I expect you to know,
Like I always have, like I always show.
My hands are cut but I still lift the weight,
So why should I watch you hesitate?
Your sighs are a currency I’ll never spend,
Your stalling’s a luxury I’ll never lend.
Don’t take my silence as some kind of grace,
It’s me already walking away from this place.
**BRIDGE (cleans → screams)**
(cleans) You want understanding, I can’t afford to give,
(screams) EVERY SECOND YOU’RE TALKING IS A SECOND I DON’T LIVE.
(cleans) I’ve built my whole life without a lifeline in sight,
(screams) AND I WON’T LET YOUR DEAD WEIGHT DRAG ME DOWN TONIGHT.
**BREAKDOWN (ALL CAPS screams)**
STOP
MAKING
ME
YOUR
SAFETY
NET.
**CHORUS (split)**
(cleans) I don’t owe you my patience,
You don’t get my applause.
(ALL CAPS screams) DO THE WORK, SAY NOTHING,
I’VE LIVED BY THAT LAW.
(cleans) No one listens when I’m bleeding,
(screams) WHY SHOULD I WHEN IT’S YOU?
(cleans) Stop crying about your reasons,
(screams) WE BOTH KNOW WHAT YOU SHOULD DO.
**OUTRO (cleans)**
I’ve always done it all alone,
That’s how I’ve grown, that’s how I’ll go.
If I asked you for help, it was already too late…
Now watch me do it myself.
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