Oblivious chords by Lincoln James

Oblivious

Key: C#mLincoln James

Chords and lyrics for Oblivious by Lincoln James

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| E F# | C#m |

VERSE

The lawn goes off,

I'm already awake

Bills in my head and a roof that leaks

Tires need changing, high water's gone

Nobody notices when it all stays on

There's a crack in the driveway, a light that won't work

A list on the fridge and another rail work

School fees come and registration due

Everybody's got something or somehow I do too

CHORUS

Got so good at gettin' things done

They started thinkin' it gets done by no one

Like food at the table, like the mortgage gets paid

Like problems just vanish at the end of the day

And that's the funny thing about carryin' weight

Nobody sees it til somethin' breaks

VERSE

You see a man who's copin'

Not the man runnin' dry

You see the finished picture, not the nights behind his eyes

You see the grass cut, the lights still on

You don't see the thousand things keeping him moving along I don't need a medal, I don't need nobody's help I just

need somebody to notice who's carrying him

CHORUS

Everybody is Oblivious

Having everybody

VERSE

I miss a few sunsets chasing the pay

Not because work was where I wanted to stay I was trying to buy us a breathing room

While losing all the air in me and you

Saturday mornings came over time

One more project, one more client

One more year saying we'll slow down soon

While life kept disappearing one month at a time

The kids grew taller, the years moved fast I kept telling myself the pressure wouldn't last

But somewhere in the middle of trying to provide I stopped feeling like a husband, started feeling like a job

BRIDGE

And nobody tells you how expensive being strong can be

You see a man who's coping I don't need a medal, I don't need nobody's

help I just need somebody to notice

| E | B | F# | C#m |

| B E |

VERSE

Who's carrying everybody else?

Most men don't talk the minute something hurts

We chew on it for months trying to make sense of it first

We tell ourselves we're tired, tell ourselves we'll be okay

Tell ourselves it'll pass if we just get through another day

So by the time I finally said something's wrong or wrong

I've already fought the battle for far too long

I've already blamed myself, already won the guilt

Already tried to fix the thing that slowly got me killed

BRIDGE

Maybe that's on me

Maybe I should've said it

Maybe quiet made me disappear

Maybe being everybody's ride

Made nobody think I needed someone here

Maybe carrying a call made it all look like

Maybe nobody noticed how hard I was fighting every night I never wanted praise,

never wanted applause I just wanted somebody to ask me what it cost

VERSE

Maybe strength is just weakness

Nobody checks on anymore

Some days I sit in the driveway for five more minutes alone

Trying to put myself back together

Before I walk back home

CHORUS

Some days I feel invisible

Standing in my own life

Providing everything they need

While slowly running out of my mind

BRIDGE

You see a man who's covin'

But even stone gets worn

I'm a husband,

I'm a father,

I'm still human in the stone

CHORUS

Don't need a medal

Just don't need me on the shelf

See the man who's been carryin'

Everybody else The one who stayed, the one who tried

The one who kept showing up every single night I don't need to say it

I don't need somebody else I just need somebody

To say I'm underneath

OUTRO

Everybody else How long goes on?

I'm already away

Thinking about tomorrow

And everybody else

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