
Room full of people but it's muted and slow
Like someone hit pause on the world I know
Voices move past me like I'm underwater
Sometimes I forget that I'm someone's daughter
I watch my hands like they aren't mine
Half in the present, half out of time
My mind steps back from my own skin
A ghost in the room I'm standing in
Every thought feels double-spaced
I'm in my body but misplaced
I blink, I breathe, the world stays caught
I'm here but I'm not
Like a shadow stitched to a moving spot
Like a dream I had that I half forgot
Like I'm plugged in wrong and the signal's shot
I'm here but I'm not
Holding on to anything I've got
Drifting far from my original spot
I know I exist
But maybe not
I feel the room tilt sideways slow
Like gravity can't decide where to go
My voice comes out two seconds late
Like my mouth and mind can't sync their state
Someone says my name, I don't respond
Not on purpose, I just drifted beyond
I wave from the edge of my vacant stare
Sorry, what was that? I wasn't there
Feels like life's a suit I borrowed
Stitched up seams and feelings hollow
I walk, I talk, but not involved in the plot
I'm here but I'm not
Every moment, tied in a sliding knot
Eyes go hazy, then too bright, then hot
Like the world's too loud and my body's not
I'm here but I'm not
Drifting off the edge of the same old thought
Reality bends, but it still won't drop
I feel myself fade, and I can't make it stop
It's not a choice, I never agreed
It's losing myself where no one can see
It's hearing life from the other room
Watching joy through a window of gloom
I wanna feel the air again
Wanna touch my skin and know it's mine
Wanna stop falling through myself
Like I slipped out of my own timeline
Touch my face just to check I'm here
Everything's close but it feels unclear
Feet on the ground, but the ground feels wrong
Like I borrowed a body I don't belong in
I reopen my eyes, the world snaps tight
Then blurs again like overexposed light
I whisper "hello" to no one at all
Just hoping my voice feels real if I call
I'm here but I'm not
Half in a memory I never forgot
Half in a future that ties me in knots
Half in a moment that flickers and rots
I'm here but I'm not
Trying to anchor a drifting thought
Holding myself with everything I've got
Waiting to land
But stuck on the spot
I've lived a thousand quiet lives
Present but not in the scene
My body's here, my mind between
Things keep happening in front of me
And I float somewhere in between