[Verse 1]
I can't keep up
So much is spinning round me
I'm waking up
All of my thoughts they find me
Wanna escape from my reality
Cause I can't keep up
Nah I can't keep up
[Chorus]
Know the way, where to go
Where to go to feel numb
I won't go, I won't
Know the way, where to go
Where to go to feel numb
I won't go, I won't
I wanna, I wanna feel it
I wanna feel something real
I wanna, I wanna feel
Even if it hurts, even if it hurts, yeah
I wanna, I wanna feel it
I wanna feel something real
I wanna, I wanna feel
Even if it hurts, even if it hurts, yeah
[Verse 2]
I can’t keep up
So many things are changing
I’m looking up
Tryin’ to catch my breathing
Can’t live this way
Enough is enough
I can’t keep up no I
I just can’t keep up
[Chorus]
Know the way, where to go
Where to go to feel numb
I won't go, I won't
Know the way, where to go
Where to go to feel numb
I won't go, I won't
I wanna, I wanna feel it
I wanna feel something real
I wanna, I wanna feel
Even if it hurts, even if it hurts, yeah
I wanna, I wanna feel it
I wanna feel something real
I wanna, I wanna feel
Even if it hurts, even if it hurts, yeah
Don’t wanna be numb, don’t wanna be
Don’t wanna be numb, don’t wanna be
Don’t wanna be numb, don’t wanna be
Even if it hurts, even if it hurts, yeah
[Verse 3]
I just wanna talk about it
Even if it hurts, if it hurts
Don’t want it over and done with
Even if it hurts, if it hurts
Hiding never made me forget
The only way over is through it
Tell me can I talk about it
Even if it hurts
[Chorus]
I wanna, I wanna feel it
I wanna feel something real
I wanna, I wanna feel
Even if it hurts, even if it hurts, yeah
I wanna, I wanna feel it
I wanna feel something real
I wanna, I wanna feel
Even if it hurts, even if it hurts, yeah
Don’t wanna be numb, don’t wanna be
Don’t wanna be numb, don’t wanna be
Don’t wanna be numb, don’t wanna be
Even if it hurts, even if it hurts, yeah
Numb
Song Meaning
Blanca insists on wanting to feel again rather than escaping into comfort in "Numb" — "I wanna, I wanna feel it, I wanna feel something real, even if it hurts." The repetition of "even if it hurts" as a refrain treats pain as an acceptable cost for staying present, not something to be avoided at all costs.
"Know the way, where to go, where to go to feel numb, I won't go, I won't" names a real, available shortcut and then refuses it by name — numbness isn't described as impossible to reach, just rejected on purpose. "Hiding never made me forget, the only way over is through it" states the song's actual argument plainly, without dressing it up further.
"I just wanna talk about it... don't want it over and done with" closes the song asking for company in the difficulty rather than a quick resolution to it — the goal isn't for the pain to disappear faster, but for it to be spoken instead of buried.