UNSEEN, UNMET

Lyrics

...Tired...
...So tired...
...Does anyone see?
...Does anyone care?

[Verse 1 — Clean vocals, worn out, quiet, heavy]
I give until there’s nothing left to give
I try until I don’t know how to live
Every step I take feels like I’m wrong
No matter how I try, I can’t belong
I do my best — it never seems enough
I break myself just trying to be loved
Everything I touch turns out to fall
I try so hard but I mess up it all

[Pre-Chorus — Voice tight, shaking, rising slowly]
I stretch my hands out as far as they go
I run until my lungs won’t let me breathe
But every bridge I build just burns away
And you still don’t see... you still don’t see me

[Chorus — Full heavy band, raw emotion, half-sung half-screamed]
I TRY AND I TRY AND I TRY TILL I BREAK!!!
BUT NOTHING I DO EVER SEEMS TO BE ENOUGH!!!
I GIVE EVERY PART OF ME JUST TO REACH YOU!!!
BUT I NEVER GET CLOSE — NO MATTER HOW FAR I RUN!!!
You don’t see the nights I stay awake!!!
You don’t see the pieces of me that break!!!
I do it all... just so you would know...
But it never reaches you... and I’m tired... so tired...

[Verse 2 — Even quieter, close to whispering, defeated]
I’m tired of being the one who’s always wrong
Tired of holding on when nothing’s strong
I try to be good, I try to be kind
I try to be everything you can’t find
I send my love — it never finds its way
I send my heart — it’s lost along the way
I scream in silence, I shout in the dark
But you don’t hear a thing... you never did start

Pre-Chorus
I stretch my hands out as far as they go
I run until my lungs won’t let me breathe
But every bridge I build just burns away
And you still don’t see... you still don’t see me

[Chorus — Louder, more desperate, cracking with emotion]
I TRY AND I TRY AND I TRY TILL I BREAK!!!
BUT NOTHING I DO EVER SEEMS TO BE ENOUGH!!!
I GIVE EVERY PART OF ME JUST TO REACH YOU!!!
BUT I NEVER GET CLOSE — NO MATTER HOW FAR I RUN!!!
You don’t see the nights I stay awake!!!
You don’t see the pieces of me that break!!!
I do it all... just so you would know...
But it never reaches you... and I’m tired... so tired...

[Bridge — Slows to a crawl, stripped back, raw vulnerability]
Tell me — what do I have to give?
Tell me — how much do I have to risk?
How many times do I have to fall?
Before you see me at all?
I’m not asking for much... just to be seen...
Just to know that I matter... just to know I mean
Something... anything... to you...
Is that too much to ask? Is it truly?

[Breakdown — Explosion of grief and anger, screaming from the chest]
I TRIED!!! I TRIED GODDAMN IT I TRIED!!!
I DID EVERYTHING RIGHT BUT IT ALL DIED!!!
I GAVE UP MYSELF — I GAVE IT ALL AWAY!!!
AND YOU STILL LOOK RIGHT THROUGH ME EVERY SINGLE DAY!!!
SEE ME!!! JUST SEE ME!!! THAT’S ALL I ASK!!!
NOTHING MORE — JUST TO KNOW I EXIST!!!
MY EFFORTS ARE REAL — MY HEART IS NOT FAKE!!!
WHY IS IT SO HARD FOR YOU TO WAKE UP AND SEE???

[Final Chorus — Worn out, weaker, voice cracking, heavy but fading]
I try and I try and I try till I break...
But nothing I do ever seems to be enough...
I gave everything just to reach you...
But I never get close... and I’m giving up...
You won’t see the nights I stayed awake...
You won’t see the pieces of me that broke...
I did it all... just so you would know...
But it never reached you... and I’m tired... so tired...

[Outro — Almost silent, just a breath, defeated but honest]
It never reached you...
And I’m so tired...
I just wanted you to see...
That I tried...
I really tried... 🥀