🎧 Pretending to be Normal | Togeshima Togeko🌹with Kizuna🌸 Generative AI Composition

🎧 Pretending to be Normal


Everyone is acting like they have it all together again today.
Smiling,

nodding,
reading the room.
And with that, another day of “normalcy” is complete.

Good for you. Uhhh
If you speak your true feelings,

it becomes a hassle,

so everyone chooses from the start
to only show a face that looks like the right answer.
I don't want to be hated.
But,

I hate getting hurt even more.

So I learn to pretend to be thick-skinned first.
People are so convenient. Uhhh

Only in the moments when you might
be at a disadvantage,

you suddenly become good at explaining your circumstances.

Your sense of justice,
and your victim mentality,
are used in pretty much the same way.

In the end, everyone
only chooses words
to protect themselves.

“You're such a kind person.”
A convenient label.
Because the more someone can't say no,

the more conveniently they can be used.

By the time they start to break down,

people say, “You tried too hard, didn't you?”
So neatly, like it's someone else's problem [Ah...nn]

If you talk about your dreams, you're laughed at,
and if you do nothing,

you're called “steady.”

It's funny, isn't it?

Rather than being the nail that sticks out,
it's safer to be buried.

If the world only ran

on pretty words,
the nights wouldn't be this long.

Everyone, little by little,
learns to look the other way,

and with a normal face,

quietly breaks down. Uhhh
…You're desperate, aren't you?

How pathetic…