Something Real

Something Real By Monolithic Decoder

I wake up inside my own name
Like it’s been spoken into air
But never by the one I need
Every face feels close enough to touch
Still miles away from knowing me
I speak in shadows, breathe in doubt
I’m screaming quiet just to be found

I keep reaching through the dark
With open hands and a guarded heart
Every truth falls short somehow
When no one hears it the way I sound

I’m standing at the edge of something real
But it slips away when I try to feel
I bend, I break, I almost believe
That someone sees what’s underneath
I’m calling out, I’m out of breath
I’m more than skin, I’m more than flesh
If you’re out there, come closer now
I’m tired of being lost, not found

There’s a weight inside my chest
Like a prayer I never said
Hope drips slow through fractured light
I’m alive, but barely held
Every time I let it show
The distance grows, the silence knows
I wear connection like a scar
Proof I almost made it far

I’m standing at the edge of something real
But it slips away when I try to feel
I bend, I break, I almost believe
That someone sees what’s underneath
I’m calling out, I’m out of breath
I’m more than skin, I’m more than flesh
If you’re out there, come closer now
I’m tired of being lost, not found

If I fall into the sound
Will you hear me hit the ground
If I open everything
Will you finally stay with me

I’m still standing in the afterglow
Of all the words I’ll never know
But I won’t fade into the noise
I’m still reaching, I still have a voice.

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