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𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐤❟ 𝐖𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 ❝𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠❞ 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐲 𝐈𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞❟ 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠𝅘𝅘𝅘 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐜𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠❟ 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 ❝𝐈 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧❞ 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲❟ 𝐒𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐏𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐦 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠❟ 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐚𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬𝅘𝅘𝅘 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫❟ 𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐰𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝❟ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞❢ 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞❟ 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠𝅘𝅘𝅘 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐛❟ 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝❟ ❝𝐢𝐟 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭❟❞ ❝𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐈 𝐚𝐦❟ 𝐦𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐞 𝐈 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞❢❞ 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭❟ ❝𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰❟ 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭❞ 𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫❟ 𝐬𝐨 𝐈 𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲❟ ❝𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝❞ 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮❟ 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐍𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐝❢ 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧❢ 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧❟ 𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠❟ 𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐲❢ 𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞❟ 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝅘𝅘𝅘 𝐒𝐨 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐨 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭❟ 𝐎𝐫 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧❟ 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝❟ 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝅘𝅘𝅘 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝅘𝅘𝅘 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝅘𝅘𝅘 𝐌𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞❢ 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠𝅘𝅘𝅘 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮❟ 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝅘𝅘𝅘 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝅘𝅘𝅘 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞❢ metadata title: Witness lyrics: You colored in your schoolbooks Drawings of outer space Strange planets on your backpack Whole worlds that you could chase Teachers said stop dreaming Called you painfully shy It only made you disappear Even further into your mind But I see you strange And I know you were trying Every morning when you couldn't stop crying But chose to keep going anyway Said I feel like an alien I had nothing to say Sat by you on the bench Put my arm around your waist I see you pulling down your sleeves to hide all the drawings you pressed into your skin When you spelled out your loathing You cut your hair away and hid behind your clothing in the bathroom mirror Saw you practice looking boring I found your secret notes You wrote them for the monster Scratched pen lines, tore the pages Writing down the ways you suffered Another monster at the end And drawn with armor made of sand The last page in small letters You gave that one your name But I see you strange I know you were trying Every broken morning when you chose life over dying It was that night you came home You sat out on the curb, said if I was anybody else it wouldn't hurt But I am who I am, maybe I got what I deserve You listed out your heartbreaks like evidence in court What are you gonna do with that now, knowing every broken part? I didn't have an answer, so I strode and held your hands The only thing I could think to say, you don't have to make me understand Because I see you strange I know you were trying Every broken morning when you chose life over dying I want to see the part Nobody thought to defend I will read each page twice that they would never ask to read again You don't need to say his name again Don't have to say how long or why I'll stay with you right here You don't have to say another word tonight So if you suddenly go quiet Or if they ask you to explain Just take my hand, we can leave And you don't have to look back again I am with you My strange I know you were trying I know you strange ─────── ✧ ᴏʀɪɢɪɴᴀʟ ʟʏʀɪᴄs © 2026 ʙʏ ᴍʏʀᴀ ʟᴀᴅɪᴏsᴀ ɪs ʟɪᴄᴇɴsᴇᴅ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴏɴs ᴀᴛᴛʀɪʙᴜᴛɪᴏɴ-ɴᴏɴᴄᴏᴍᴍᴇʀᴄɪᴀʟ 4.0 ɪɴᴛᴇʀɴᴀᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟ. ᴠɪᴇᴡ ʟɪᴄᴇɴsᴇ ʜᴇʀᴇ: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/