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Uneven (I'm Not Done)

2025-12-27

Modern Synthpop Synthpop Electronic Pop Atmospheric Synthpop

I wrote this at the end of a year that didn’t land the way I hoped it would. There were things I wanted to finish, things I thought I’d understand by now. Instead I was left with loose ends and a quiet sense of unfinished work. The song isn’t really about failure though. It’s about realizing that being uneven doesn’t mean you’re finished. Sometimes the only honest place to stand is right in the doorway between what just ended and whatever comes next.

Uneven (I'm Not Done) —
— MHz

// Lyrics

Verse 1

  1. Calendar curled at the edges
  2. Ink fading where I pressed too hard
  3. Every month felt borrowed
  4. Every promise left half-charged
  5. I learned how quiet can shout
  6. How staying feels like leaving
  7. I kept score in my chest
  8. Of every almost, every reason

Pre-Chorus

  1. The clock doesn’t ask permission
  2. It just keeps leaning forward
  3. I tried to slow my breathing
  4. While the future cleared its throat

Chorus

  1. I’m not done, I’m just uneven
  2. Still standing in the afterglow
  3. Some years take more than they give us
  4. Some years teach us how to let go
  5. If this is what remains of me
  6. It’s enough to start again
  7. I’m not done, I’m just uneven
  8. Watching midnight bend

Verse 2

  1. Photographs with missing context
  2. Smiles that didn’t make the cut
  3. I kept the lights on longer
  4. Like that would be enough
  5. There were nights I felt replaceable
  6. Days I felt too loud
  7. But I’m still here counting seconds
  8. Like they might count me out

Pre-Chorus

  1. Every ending feels dramatic
  2. When you’re inside the frame
  3. But distance turns the damage
  4. Into something you can name

Chorus

  1. I’m not done, I’m just uneven
  2. Still standing in the afterglow
  3. Some years take more than they give us
  4. Some years teach us how to let go
  5. If this is what remains of me
  6. It’s enough to start again
  7. I’m not done, I’m just uneven
  8. Watching midnight bend

Bridge

  1. I don’t need a clean confession
  2. Or a perfect rewrite
  3. Just a crack in the dark
  4. Where the future leaks light
  5. I don’t need to be fearless
  6. I can move while I’m afraid
  7. Let the old year close the door
  8. I’ll stand in the doorway

Chorus

  1. I’m not done, I’m just uneven
  2. Still breathing in the glow
  3. Some years leave us unfinished
  4. So we know where to go
  5. If this is what remains of me
  6. I can work with this
  7. I’m not done, I’m just uneven
  8. Still believing in the shift

Outro

  1. The numbers change quietly
  2. Like they don’t want credit
  3. I take one step forward
  4. And decide to let it mean something

I'm not done, I'm just uneven Still standing in the afterglow