ANOTHER FREQUENCY

I see the world on a different frequency
Details no one else notices, I feel them intensely
Lights that scream, sounds that cut
While everyone else moves on without that fortune

It's not a lack, it's an impossible translation
Between what I feel and what's expected of me
I try to fit my own language
Into the mold the world drew for me

Another frequency
Tuned to a channel that's mine alone
While the world asks me to change
The signal I inherited, the signal I am
Another frequency
It's not less, it's different
I see what no one else sees
I feel what no one else feels

I learned to memorize smiles
To fit into a mold that isn't mine
But inside, the static never stops
A radio no one else has heard

I don't need to be translated to deserve to be understood
My frequency is real even if no one has ever heard it

Another frequency
Tuned to a channel that's mine alone
While the world asks me to change
The signal I inherited, the signal I am
Another frequency
It's not less, it's different
I see what no one else sees
I feel what no one else feels

And the frequency goes on
In my own language