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Lyrics

“I WOULD’VE DIED” Acoustic guitar only • Low, clean emotional vocals • Slow verses, fast melodic runs, stretched-out hook * [Intro — low, soft, almost whispering] Mmmmmmmmmm… Yeahhhhhhh… I been holding things inside… That I can't explain… Lord, I been trying to be somebody… But I don't feel the same… * [Hook — slow, stretched words, emotional] I would've diiiieeed… Fa' da oneeeees… Couldn't live with me hurtinnn'… So I hid all my painnnn… I don't knoooow whyyyyy… Sometimes… Felt like I deserve itttt… So I blamed myself for everything… Even when I ain't worth itttt… Mmmmmmm, I been broken… But I never let 'em see… Everybody got a piece of me… What's left for meeeee? I would've diiiieeed… Fa' da ones I love… But when I needed somebody… Who was there for meeeee? * [Verse 1 — low, clean vocal, slow guitar picking] I put everybody first… Then forgot about myself… Gave 'em everything I had… While I was dying somewhere else… I could hear my heart breaking… Still told everybody, “I'm good”… Got so used to being hurt… I started thinking that I should… Maybe all the bad things happened… 'Cause there's something wrong with me… Maybe God been hearing prayers… He just don't wanna answer me… I done smiled through some storms… That would've drowned another soul… Got a heart full of forgiveness… But some wounds just won't let go… * [Fast melodic run — pick up the rhythm] I was there when you were empty, I was broke and gave you plenty… Had to learn that being loyal don't mean everybody with me… I was fighting my reflection, I was begging for acceptance… Turned my back against my feelings just to keep y'all from neglecting… Me, I never wanted pity, I just wanted someone near me… Someone tell me I'm not worthless when these thoughts get loud and scary… I been carrying this weight like I was born to bear the burden… If I'm always there for everybody, why's my own heart always hurting? * [Hook — slow down, hold the last syllables] I would've diiiieeed… Fa' da oneeeees… Couldn't live with me hurtinnn'… So I hid all my painnnn… I don't knoooow whyyyyy… Sometimes… Felt like I deserve itttt… So I blamed myself for everything… Even when I ain't worth itttt… * [Verse 2 — quiet, vulnerable] I don't hate the world… I'm just tired of what it's shown me… Got a thousand people 'round… Still feel like nobody knows me… I forgive people too quickly… Then regret it when I'm lonely… Wish somebody would've loved me… When I couldn't love the old me… I been trying to find a reason… For the things I had to face… Looking for a little peace… But my mind won't give me space… And I know I made mistakes… I ain't claiming I was perfect… But I shouldn't have to suffer… Just to prove that I was worth it… * [Bridge — almost spoken, then build into singing] Ohhhhh, tell me… Why I treat myself like the enemy? Why the ones I love the most… Be the ones that bring the pain in me? I been searching for a reason… I been searching for a sign… If I give my soul to everybody… Will somebody care for mine? * [Final hook — soft beginning, stronger ending] I would've diiiieeed… Fa' da oneeeees… Couldn't live with me hurtinnn'… Now I'm learning I deserve love… Even with these scars I'm carryinnnn'… I don't knoooow whyyyyy… Sometimes… I felt like I deserve itttt… But I'm tired of punishing myself… For the times that I was hurtingggg… Mmmmmmm… I'm still heeeeeere… Even when it hurts to breathe… Gotta learn to love the man I am… Before he disappears on meeeee… * [Outro — guitar alone, low clean vocal] I would've diiiieeed… For the ones I love… Now I'm tryna find a reason… To give that same love to myself… Mmmmmmm… To myseeeeeelf… Vocal direction: Keep the verses intimate and low, with quick, connected syllables in the fast section. Let the chorus fall back into long, trembling notes over fingerpicked acoustic guitar, with no raspy distortion and no heavy drums. One thing outside the song: that line about feeling like you deserve the hurt is heavy. If it reflects how you feel right now, you don't have to believe you deserve pain just because you've been through it. ❤️