Verse I felt my name land wrong in your mouth Like it didn’t belong to me anymore Every mirror learned my posture Before I knew I was standing weird Someone laughed and I adjusted my face Too late to pretend it was natural (1 slant rhyme: mouth / posture – mostly drift) Pre-Chorus I don’t know where to put my hands They feel staged They feel memorized Every second checks its reflection (tight syllables, no rhyme focus) Chorus I’m suddenly aware I’m suddenly aware Of my breathing, of my blinking Of the space between my words I’m suddenly aware I’m suddenly aware Like I stepped outside myself And forgot how I got in (repeated emotional phrase, light rhyme: words / in) Verse 2 My voice sounded borrowed when I used it Like it came with fingerprints still on it I nodded once too many times Now my neck feels complicit The floor knows exactly how I walk I don’t Pre-Chorus Every thought clears its throat Before it speaks Every silence feels intentional Chorus I’m suddenly aware I’m suddenly aware Of my weight in the room Of my outline in the air I’m suddenly aware I’m suddenly aware If I hold still long enough Will this stop being me? Bridge (no rhyme, confessional / declarative) I don’t want to disappear I just want to stop monitoring myself I want to exist without footnotes Without narration Without feeling like I’m interrupting the room By being in it Final Chorus (quieter, fractured) I’m suddenly aware I’m suddenly aware And I don’t know how to unlearn it I don’t know how to go back I’m suddenly aware I’m suddenly aware Like an itch you shouldn’t scratch But now you know where it is
