OTHER SIDE SOUND LIKE

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Intro

They gave me a folder with my name spelled wrong

Verse 1

Bailiff won't look at me, linoleum scuffed older than my lease Manila folder, case number 24-7091, hands shakin like the AC vent Public defender introduced herself eleven minutes ago Said there's a program, said "diversion" like it meant something Haven't slept since Tuesday, jaw locked up in the elevator Mother texted "praying for you" at 4 AM, I ain't respond Fluorescent tube flickerin like a countdown I can't read Bench hard enough to feel every bone, and I just sat there

Pre-chorus

Somewhere between the gavel and the intake form

Chorus

This is what the other side sound like Quiet enough to hear yourself think Not healed, just still, just present, just here This is what the other side sound like

Verse 2

Arizona facility, first week, schedule taped to my door Group therapy circle, seven strangers, one court order, mine Lady next to me got BlueCross, I got a judge's signature Meals at fixed times, lights out at ten, Wednesdays art therapy Drew a house with no door, counselor wrote that down Couldn't tell if this was mercy or a cage with better lighting Called my mother from the payphone, she cried, I didn't Hallway smelled like Pine-Sol and something trying to be lavender

Pre-chorus

Somewhere between the sentence and the second chance

Chorus

This is what the other side sound like Quiet enough to hear yourself think Not healed, just still, just present, just here This is what the other side sound like

Verse 3

Security footage played it back like I was watching someone else Property destruction, dissociative episode, they called it "reckless" My body in the lobby but my mind left six hours prior Prosecutor said "pattern of behavior", I said nothing Mom in the gallery, face like a window with the blinds shut Nobody in that courtroom could spell what was wrong with me Watched the tape loop twice before they turned it off

Bridge

Therapist asked me what safe feels like Three sessions, I couldn't answer Fifth month, opened my eyes and didn't check the locks Sunlight on the wall, I just looked at it That's it, that's the whole turning point

Verse 4

First morning I ain't inventory every threat in the room Learned "hypervigilance" week three, recognized it week nine Handwriting changed, smaller, steadier, less like someone running Progress ain't dramatic, it's the absence of the flinch Ate breakfast outside, watched a lizard cross the sidewalk Didn't flinch, wrote that down too

Verse 5

Standing at the exit holding a certificate and a bus ticket Courtroom bench on one side, treatment door on the other Charges can be dismissed now, dismissed and healed ain't the same word Nobody in the parking lot, and that's fine I know the route home, I know the name of what was wrong The folder they gave me, they finally spelled it right

Chorus

This is what the other side sound like Quiet enough to hear yourself think Not healed, just still, just present, just here This is what the other side sound like

Outro

Just here

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