[Cold Open – calm, composed | piano steady]
We’re good.
Yeah. We’re good.
Everything is fine.
Nothing is wrong.
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[Verse 1 – everyday normality | steady piano, restrained warmth]
You’re sitting there like always.
Same posture. Same space.
You’re talking about something small
I don’t even remember what it is
I’m listening
I think I’m listening
and I nod when it feels right
because this feels normal
so we’re good
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[Inner voice – quiet fracture]
why am I even checking if it feels normal
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[Verse 2 – outer reassurance]
You laugh at something I say
I laugh back
it lands the way it should
you look at me
I look back
nothing is off
we’re fine
we’re good
---
[Inner voice – closer]
no but I feel it
something’s different
I just can’t explain where
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[Verse 3 – rationalizing stability]
Maybe I’m just tired
maybe I’m thinking too much
people don’t feel the same every second
that’s normal
you’re still here
I’m still here
so it has to be fine
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[Inner voice – sharper interruption]
but why does it feel like I’m convincing myself
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[Verse 4 – detail awareness]
You pause before answering sometimes
just a second longer than usual
you still answer
you still stay in it
but I notice the space now
between what I say
and when you respond
and I don’t know why I notice that
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[Inner voice]
I didn’t used to notice things like this
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[Verse 5 – stronger reassurance attempt]
It’s nothing
it’s just conversation
just timing
we’re still the same
we’re still good
nothing has actually changed
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[Inner voice]
then why does it feel like something did
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[Bridge – repetition under strain]
We’re good.
We’re good.
We’re good.
I’m just saying it because it’s true
I think it’s true
it should be true
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[Inner voice – breaking through]
stop saying it like that
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[Climb – collapse of certainty]
We’re good…
we’re good…
no
wait
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[Final realization]
we’re not
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[Outro – quiet aftermath]
and I think I’ve known that
for longer than I said it out loud
Eilidhschy
