[Verse 1]
You say, "Relax"
while my hands still shake
Delete your name
but the ghost won’t break
New guy in your pics
same couch, my old T‑shirt
Yeah, I laugh in the chat
but that laugh still hurts
Scroll, scroll, sick to my stomach
Friends say "move on"
but they love the drama
Typing, deleting
whole paragraph rage
Screenshot my pain
then I swipe it away
[Pre-Chorus]
I been biting my tongue till it’s tasting like rust
Screaming in my chest but I’m playing it up
All this poison in my pulse
but I
[Chorus]
Play it cool
Like I never even think about you
Like I never almost texted at two
Like your name don’t burn straight through
Play it cool
Ice face, but my insides bruise
I act fine when I’m breaking in two
If I can’t have truth
I’ll just play it cool
[Verse 2]
Heart on my sleeve
you pulled at the thread
Now it hangs off my arm
like it’s barely attached
Hit me with "hope you’re good"
on a random night
You just wanted to check
if I’m dead or alive?
I been running these laps
through the same old lies
Jealous of a guy
who don’t see your dark side
You love when I snap
so I swallow my spit
Turn pain to a flex
yeah, I weaponize it
[Pre-Chorus]
I’ve been drowning my rage in a paper cup
Turn the volume up high just to drown you out
All this thunder in my skull
but I
[Chorus]
Play it cool
[Bridge]
[low vocal register]
Yeah, I’m fine, yeah, I’m fine
(that’s a dead-eyed mantra)
Laugh on live, go quiet at the after
Tell ‘em "new me"
but I still talk like you
Same slang, same jokes
same wound, same bruise
[crescendo]
If I showed you the mess
you would call it a phase
You would call me dramatic
then walk away
So I turn all this rage
to a stone-faced rule
If I can’t break through
I’ll just
[Chorus]