Call Me Her

[Verse 1]
Kitchen light humming
You say
"Baby
I got you"
Hands on mine
You squeeze
Like you mean it
Like it's true
You brag to all your friends
How you raised a heart so kind
Then you flinch at my reflection
Like it’s some wrong headline
[Pre-Chorus]
You tell me you’d die for me
But you won’t use my name
You promise you’re proud of me
Then twist the frame
[Chorus]
You say you love me
But you misname me
Pull the rug from under my feet
Doctor says "she" and my heart feels seen
You cut in
"you mean he"
You call it truth
You call it care
But it cuts right through
Leaves me bare
If you love me
Why can’t you ever
Call me her
[Verse 2]
Car ride after clinic
You stare straight through the glass
Say
"They’re just confused
This little phase will pass"
You ask why I’ve stopped talking
Why I’m quiet
Why I’m cold
You don’t hear what you keep saying
You just see what you’ve been told
[Pre-Chorus]
You say you’d fight the world
If it ever hurt your kid
But you become the world
In every word you did
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
I’m right here
Not a theory
Not a test
Just a heartbeat
In a too-tight chest
If you won’t see me
I’ll still see me
I swear
I’ll build a home
Where they call me her out there
[Chorus]

Intimate alt-pop ballad with soft piano, warm pads, and close-up female vocals. Verse starts almost spoken over sparse chords; pre-chorus adds subtle bass and distant percussion. Chorus blooms with stacked harmonies and a simple, memorable hook. Bridge strips back to just piano and breathy vocal before final chorus swells then cuts to a quiet last line.