Midnight didn’t ask me

It just changed the date

My phone started singing

Before I felt awake

Names I barely hold now

Typing like they care

“Hope you’re doing better”

I don’t go there

Make a wish, they say

Like it stays

Blow it out

Nothing moves

Same sky, same room

Say it loud

If you need

I’ll pretend with you

Happy birthday

Still today

Still the same me

Anyway

Happy birthday

No delay

I survived it

That’s okay

Small cake on the table

Cut it into proof

Every year gets thinner

Every word’s reduced

I can hear the echo

Of a younger sound

Someone thought I’d be more

I let them down

Make a wish, they say

It decays

Blow it out

Nothing moves

Same sky, same room

Say it loud

If you need

I’ll pretend with you

Happy birthday

Still today

Still the same me

Anyway

Happy birthday

No delay

I survived it

That’s okay

If I turn the lights off

Does it count again

If I don’t remember

Did it even end

Let it loop, don’t fix it

Let it play

Let it play

Happy birthday

Still today

No one left to celebrate

Happy birthday

Fade away

But I’m still here

So I stay

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🎼We’re taught that birthdays are milestones, but sometimes they’re just echoes. I wove the birthday theme into a darker landscape to explore the guilt of 'letting down' who you used to be. It’s a song about the quiet survival of another 365 days when the world expects you to be 'more,' but you’re just happy to still be here.