I’m here, but I’m not

(I’m here, but I’m not)
(I’m here here here) 
(but I’m not)

Verse 

Clock hits five, I’m on my way
They’re laughing loud, I want to stay
But every joke feels off somehow
I wear a mask, I wonder how

Pre-C

Smile too wide, I fake the fun
Hide the me that weighs a ton

Trading truth for their approval
I’m dissolving in this ritual

Chorus

I’m here, but I’m not really me
Drowning in what they want to see
Running fast just to keep in line
Losing pieces I can’t define
Wrong crowd, wrong crowd
But I’m still around

Verse 

Their world’s a game I can’t win
Change my face, let the act begin
Every word I bend and twist
For a seat that doesn’t even exist

Pre-Chorus

Smile too wide, I fake the fun
Hide the me that weighs a ton
Trading truth for their approval
I’m dissolving in this ritual

Chorus

I’m here, but I’m not really me
Drowning in what they want to see
Running fast just to keep in line
Losing pieces I can’t define
Wrong crowd, wrong crowd
But I’m still around

Bridge
Maybe one day I’ll break free
Drop the mask, just let me be
Till then I dance in the fire
A shadow of my own desire

Chorus / Outro

I’m here, but I’m not really me
Drowning in what they want to see
Running fast just to keep in line
Losing pieces I can’t define
Wrong crowd, wrong crowd
But I’m still around

I’m here, but I’m not really me
Drowning in what they want to see
Running fast just to keep in line
Losing pieces I can’t define
Wrong crowd, wrong crowd
I can’t be found

Leaning folk-pop