Digital Guidebook

Verse 1

You hear the lyrics, laugh and say “that’s so you”

Then miss the part where I was talking to you

Every late-night song, every line that cuts deep

Ain’t just background noise with a catchy beat

I send you songs ‘cause I don’t know how to say

All the chaos in my head the normal way

It’s easier to press play than explain

Why I switch so fast from sunshine into rain

Pre-Chorus

You think I’m joking, think it’s all for fun

But every track’s another loaded gun

Every chorus screaming what I can’t

And somehow you still don’t understand

Chorus

Stop listening to songs that tell the truth ‘bout me

Then acting like they’re just some silly melody

I’m trying to show you how to deal with my mind

All the warnings, all the signs

I send those songs so I don’t have to break

Turn my feelings into lyrics I can take

So stop brushing it off like it’s all pretend

I’m trying to let you in

Verse 2

Yeah, I joke around, yeah I act insane

But some of those words got real damn pain

There’s a reason certain songs hit way too hard

Like they cracked my chest and read my heart

And maybe I don’t wanna say it straight

Maybe I’m scared you’ll leave or hesitate

So I hide myself in someone else’s lines

Hoping maybe you’ll read between the rhymes

Bridge

It’s not attention, it’s translation

A loudspeaker for my frustration

Every “hey this song is fire”

Might secretly mean “I’m tired”

Final Chorus

Stop listening to songs that explain my soul

Then laughing while you miss the whole damn goal

I’m not sending random music late at night

I’m handing you a guidebook to my mind

So when the lyrics sound a little too real

Maybe ask me how I actually feel

‘Cause every song I send is me trying to say

“I don’t know how else to explain.”