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Dear You lyrics
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Intro
Typing in the dark screen light on my face Cursor in the box, whole room out of frame Same mug on your desk, half chip on the rim Rhodes in my head while your intro fades in
Verse 1
You don’t know me, but I clock your Monday, Wednesday, Friday posts Same opening line, same laugh on the second joke Noticed when the spine on that blue book turned around Noticed when your coffee switched to tea that March you cut caffeine down I know the angle of your window from the way the rain moves The plant behind your shoulder that died and came back in June My day starts on your upload, ends on your replay Three years of you talking, zero of me saying anything back your way
Pre-chorus
I could type hello, could just say I like your work Instead I list timestamps like evidence that this connection’s earned All these little details pulled like files off a drive I call it watching content, my brain files it as “you kept me alive”
Chorus
Dear you, I keep writing letters in a DM line Proof I exist sits blinking on my side Dear you, every word feels way too much to send If you ever answered, I think the spell would end Dear you, this only works if I stay unseen So I talk to you nightly in drafts you’ll never read
Verse 2
You were scheduled like meds all through my worst year’s nights Lost the job, friend stopped texting, rent late, chest tight You went live at eight, so eight meant I survived again Chat full of usernames, but I heard you like a single friend I know it’s curated, you keep the mess off-screen You joke about the breakdown, never show what that means I know there’s a version of you the mic never meets Still I let your upload calendar substitute for my sleep
Pre-chorus
I replay your “thanks for being here” like it had my name inside Knowing it was copy-paste warmth didn’t make it less of a guide
Chorus
Dear you, I keep writing letters in a DM line Treating your routine like scaffolding on mine Dear you, if this ever crossed into your day I’d lose the one safe lie that says you’ll never go away Dear you, this only works if I stay unseen So I talk to you nightly in drafts you’ll never read
Verse 3
Turned down plans just to catch the full stream live Phone face-up on the table like a tiny stage light Bought the hoodie from your drop when my card was almost red Told myself I was tipping you for renting space inside my head Nine times I wrote this out, nine times I hit delete Backed up paragraphs of honesty to the cloud no one can see I keep paying in attention like interest on a loan You never asked to hold it, but I keep you as my home
Bridge
You, meaning me, staring at this empty text field again You, meaning me, choosing screens over calls I never send It’s not your fault my circle shrank to WiFi and a chair You just kept the lights on while I practiced not being there
Verse 4
You took seven days off, said you had to disappear My chest didn’t spike for you, it spiked for my own fear I wasn’t scared you were hurting, I was scared I’d lose the frame The fixed point on the wall I used to aim my days You, meaning me, scrolling news like a status check Refreshing like a heartbeat monitor for my own wreck That’s when it hit: you’re a person, my life is the feed I built my whole support beam out of someone else’s need
Verse 5
So I finish up this message, every line lined up in rows Read it once in silence, let the typing sound close Thumb over the send like a coin over a well Knowing if it ever left, it would break the only spell Because if you replied “thanks,” or dropped a heart then left You’d shift from constellation back to person with a breath I need you distant, fixed, projected on a screen So I back out of the DM, let the whole thing stay unseen
Chorus
Dear you, I keep writing letters in a DM line. Promise to myself I’ll never cross that line. Dear you, this only works if you don’t know my name. If you stayed a stranger while my patterns stay the same. Dear you, I’ll be here tomorrow where you always seem to be. Phone open, room quiet, drafts full, me unseen.
Outro
Screen goes black, then wakes, same app, same feed. I close the letter, not the habit. Next video loads, and you talk. I stay quiet, guaranteed.
Inside the recording
Typing in the dark screen light on my face Cursor in the box, whole room out of frame
I could type hello, could just say I like your work Instead I list timestamps like evidence that this connection’s earned
Screen goes black, then wakes, same app, same feed. I close the letter, not the habit.
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