[Intro – sparse piano, irregular silence between notes, fragile entry]
I don’t really know how to start this part of me
so I’ll just say it without fixing it
I feel like I’m here
but not inside being here
[Verse 1 – uneven phrasing, slightly off-natural speech rhythm]
I got up today like it was already decided
before I even thought about it
nothing feels like it lands in the right place anymore
it just passes through me
I don’t miss things in a sharp way
it’s more like I forget they were ever mine
even sadness doesn’t stay long enough
to feel like something happening
it just… resets
and keeps going
[Pre-Chorus – slight melodic lift, emotional confusion, hesitant phrasing]
I used to think I could explain this
like it had edges I could hold
but everything I reach for now
feels a little out of sync with me
[Chorus – simple but emotionally off-center repetition]
I’m not okay
but it doesn’t arrive as a feeling anymore
I’m not okay
it sounds like something I heard about
I’m not okay
and I keep acting like I understand it
[Verse 2 – more detached, conversational fragmentation]
I tried to make something out of it
like I used to
but nothing comes back when I try
it just stays blank
it’s not even sadness anymore
it’s just the absence of deciding what it is
I think I forgot how to turn things into meaning
while everything kept happening anyway
and I didn’t notice when that changed
[Pre-Chorus 2 – quieter, more internal, less structured grammar]
I keep thinking I’ll reconnect to myself
like it’s something I can find again
but it doesn’t feel lost
it just feels… not accessed
[Chorus – slightly more broken phrasing, less polished]
I’m not okay
and it doesn’t sound like mine when I say it
I’m not okay
like it belongs to a version of me I can’t reach
I’m not okay
and I keep saying it like it’s already over
[Outro – fading, incomplete thoughts, unresolved phrasing]
I don’t really know where this stops being me
or if it already did
I guess I’ll just leave it here
because I don’t have more to give it
…