Don’t Compare

(Verse 1)
No matter what, I was always there
An ear, a shoulder, a confidant in your midnight air
Held your tears like crystal in my hands
While mine fell quiet, slipping through the cracks in the plans

But where were you when I was screaming
The demons of my soul in the dark, no one believing?
I bled in silence, stitched my own despair
Funny how loyalty only flowed one way there

(Pre-Chorus)
I looked up to each of you
Put you on a pedestal of positivity
Built you like statues in gold
While you chipped at my identity

Tore me apart like I was mere rags to your gowns
Smiling in my face while you tried to pull me down

(Chorus)
You say I’m dramatic, attention seeker
But there must’ve been a mirror before you
Projecting every crack in your ego
Every insecurity you swore was untrue

I’m flattered you saw me as a threat
A competition in your fragile affair
But darling, you cannot compete
Where you simply don’t compare

(Verse 2)
I may not be successful in career choice or academics
But I’m successful in life, authentic and kinetic
You chase applause in rooms that don’t clap back
I walk alone in peace and I don’t lack

Free spirit, untamed, I float above the noise
No longer held down by toxic girls playing grown woman poise
Self-centred queens of a paper throne
Now I glow different when I’m on my own

(Pre-Chorus 2)
Years I swallowed every slight
Shrunk my shine to make you bright
But stars don’t dim for satellites
And I won’t apologise for my light

(Chorus)
You say I’m dramatic, attention seeker
But there must’ve been a mirror before you
You hated that I didn’t need ya
That my worth wasn’t something you could undo

Flattered you saw me as a threat
Guess confidence makes you stare
But darling, you cannot compete
Where you don’t compare

(Bridge (Soft, Spoken Over Beat Drop))
I was never your rival
Just your reflection
And reflections hurt
When truth meets projection

(Outro)
I walked out quiet, didn’t slam the door
Left my loyalty folded on the floor
No tears, no scene, just clarity in the air
You can keep the crown…

I kept the power. 

Dark R&B with a 3am edge and a hint of Dark pop and maybe a drizzle of EPIC in the vocal style of Azee and Ramsey