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Like I Don't Count
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Like I Don't Count was released on July 27, 2026 by Southern Overdrive as a part of the album Poison In The Walls
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Release DateJuly 27, 2026
LabelSouthern Overdrive
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM73

Credits

COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Kevin Kangas
Kevin Kangas
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Kevin Kangas
Kevin Kangas
Producer

Lyrics

It wasn't always shouting wasn't always slammed doors
Sometimes it was silence stretching across the floor
Sometimes it was my pain getting looked right through
Like my heart was talking but never getting to you
You could cut me with a sentence or with nothing at all
Make me feel ten feet high then six feet small
And the worst kind of bruises never turned black and blue
They just lived in my head after talking to you
You don't need your hands to break a soul in two
Sometimes all it takes is what you don't do
You made me feel like I don't count
Like my truth was smoke like my voice burned out
Like my feelings were a burden like my hurt weren't real
Like I was losing my mind every time I tried to feel
Yeah you didn't always scream didn't always strike
But you could disappear and leave me doubting my whole life
That's a dark kind of damage the kind that creeps about
When somebody makes you live like you don't count
You'd call it overthinking when I knew something was wrong
Turn my questions into weakness make my instincts sound gone
And every cold shoulder every shut-down stare
Made me feel more alone than if nobody was there
You neglected the bleeding you could not see
Acted like the storm in me weren't your reality
And after long enough I started helping you do it
Started second-guessing pain every time I walked through it
That's the devil in emotional war
You start apologizing for what you didn't do before
You made me feel like I don't count
Like my truth was smoke like my voice burned out
Like my feelings were a burden like my hurt weren't real
Like I was losing my mind every time I tried to feel
Yeah you didn't always scream didn't always strike
But you could disappear and leave me doubting my whole life
That's a dark kind of damage the kind that creeps about
When somebody makes you live like you don't count
And that's the kind of pain nobody sees
No broken glass no blood on the leaves
Just a man in the mirror looking half-erased
Trying to remember if his own heart's safe
No it ain't always fists it ain't always rage
Sometimes it's being made to disappear a little more each day
You made me feel like I don't count
Like my soul was noise you could just tune out
Like love was something I had to earn by staying small
Like I should be grateful just to feel anything at all
Yeah the deepest wounds are the ones without a mark
The ones that move in quiet the ones that live in dark
And I'm still trying to find the man you hollowed out
The one who knows damn well he counts
So if I speak low now if I look twice at my pain
It's cause surviving you made my own mind feel strange
But I'm still here
And I count
Written by: Kevin Kangas
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