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  "name": "Unsent",
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    "@type": "MusicGroup",
    "name": "Akaki",
    "url": "https://akaki.ee/"
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  "datePublished": "2026-05-02",
  "duration": "PT4M11S",
  "genre": [
    "trap",
    "bass"
  ],
  "moods": [
    "melodic",
    "hybrid",
    "cinematic"
  ],
  "image": "https://akaki.ee/_astro/unsent.BvRMgyg8.jpg",
  "description": "A song about a life kept in drafts — words never sent, feelings never risked, and moments postponed until they start to collapse. The image came from saved notes, backspaced confessions, and the fear of pressing “go.”",
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    "text": "[Verse 1]\nI keep my days in “Save for later,”\nA tidy mess of almosts and maybes.\nMy laughs are packed in bubble wrap,\nSo nothing breaks, so nothing saves me.\nI write “I miss you” in the notes,\nThen lock the screen like it’s a promise.\nI learn the shape of brave, not brave enough—\nA careful ghost in flawless polish.\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\nOne more night I don’t commit,\nOne more heartbeat under glass.\nI’m so good at disappearing\nThat I call it “making plans.”\n\n[Chorus]\nI kept my life in drafts, in drafts—\nUnsent, unsigned, collapsing fast.\nA thousand words I never said\nTurn into weight inside my chest.\nI hit “save” instead of “go,”\nI stay “someday” instead of “close.”\nI kept my life in drafts, in drafts—\nAnd now the page is tearing back.\n\n[Verse 2]\nMy calendar is white and quiet,\nLike snowfall hiding all the damage.\nI watch my friends become their stories\nWhile I’m still choosing fonts for mine.\nI practice conversations in the mirror,\nPerfect tone, perfect timing—\nBut real life doesn’t wait for edits,\nAnd my mouth keeps “almost” climbing.\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\nI’m scared the truth will sound too loud,\nSo I lower it to fit.\nI keep shrinking for the silence\nAnd mistake it for control.\n\n[Chorus]\nI kept my life in drafts, in drafts—\nUnsent, unsigned, collapsing fast.\nA thousand words I never said\nTurn into weight inside my chest.\nI hit “save” instead of “go,”\nI stay “someday” instead of “close.”\nI kept my life in drafts, in drafts—\nAnd now the page is tearing back.\n\n[Bridge]\nYeah— I been living in the margins, pencil lines and maybe-somethings,\nTyping “love you” then I backspace like my heart don’t mean nothin’.\nI rehearse the brave in silence, make a speech I never say,\n‘Cause commitment feels like fallin’ and I hate to feel the weight.\nInbox full of unsent truths, “save as” versions of my name,\nI keep polish on the outside while the inside rusts in pain.\nIf I hit send, it’s a bullet — if I don’t, it’s slow decay,\nSo I’m done with being pending… I’m uploading my mistakes.\n\n[Final Chorus]\nI kept my life in drafts, in drafts—\nUnsent, unsigned, collapsing fast.\nBut tonight I let the letters burn,\nI let my fear become a path.\nI hit “go” and let it hurt,\nI let the moment leave a mark.\nI kept my life in drafts, in drafts—\nNot anymore… I’m breaking out.",
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        "tag": "Verse 1",
        "lines": [
          "I keep my days in “Save for later,”",
          "A tidy mess of almosts and maybes.",
          "My laughs are packed in bubble wrap,",
          "So nothing breaks, so nothing saves me.",
          "I write “I miss you” in the notes,",
          "Then lock the screen like it’s a promise.",
          "I learn the shape of brave, not brave enough—",
          "A careful ghost in flawless polish."
        ]
      },
      {
        "tag": "Pre-Chorus",
        "lines": [
          "One more night I don’t commit,",
          "One more heartbeat under glass.",
          "I’m so good at disappearing",
          "That I call it “making plans.”"
        ]
      },
      {
        "tag": "Chorus",
        "lines": [
          "I kept my life in drafts, in drafts—",
          "Unsent, unsigned, collapsing fast.",
          "A thousand words I never said",
          "Turn into weight inside my chest.",
          "I hit “save” instead of “go,”",
          "I stay “someday” instead of “close.”",
          "I kept my life in drafts, in drafts—",
          "And now the page is tearing back."
        ]
      },
      {
        "tag": "Verse 2",
        "lines": [
          "My calendar is white and quiet,",
          "Like snowfall hiding all the damage.",
          "I watch my friends become their stories",
          "While I’m still choosing fonts for mine.",
          "I practice conversations in the mirror,",
          "Perfect tone, perfect timing—",
          "But real life doesn’t wait for edits,",
          "And my mouth keeps “almost” climbing."
        ]
      },
      {
        "tag": "Pre-Chorus",
        "lines": [
          "I’m scared the truth will sound too loud,",
          "So I lower it to fit.",
          "I keep shrinking for the silence",
          "And mistake it for control."
        ]
      },
      {
        "tag": "Chorus",
        "lines": [
          "I kept my life in drafts, in drafts—",
          "Unsent, unsigned, collapsing fast.",
          "A thousand words I never said",
          "Turn into weight inside my chest.",
          "I hit “save” instead of “go,”",
          "I stay “someday” instead of “close.”",
          "I kept my life in drafts, in drafts—",
          "And now the page is tearing back."
        ]
      },
      {
        "tag": "Bridge",
        "lines": [
          "Yeah— I been living in the margins, pencil lines and maybe-somethings,",
          "Typing “love you” then I backspace like my heart don’t mean nothin’.",
          "I rehearse the brave in silence, make a speech I never say,",
          "‘Cause commitment feels like fallin’ and I hate to feel the weight.",
          "Inbox full of unsent truths, “save as” versions of my name,",
          "I keep polish on the outside while the inside rusts in pain.",
          "If I hit send, it’s a bullet — if I don’t, it’s slow decay,",
          "So I’m done with being pending… I’m uploading my mistakes."
        ]
      },
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        "tag": "Final Chorus",
        "lines": [
          "I kept my life in drafts, in drafts—",
          "Unsent, unsigned, collapsing fast.",
          "But tonight I let the letters burn,",
          "I let my fear become a path.",
          "I hit “go” and let it hurt,",
          "I let the moment leave a mark.",
          "I kept my life in drafts, in drafts—",
          "Not anymore… I’m breaking out."
        ]
      }
    ]
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