The Joke was Never on Me. ISRC-CB-GWT-26-00245

The Joke Was Never on Me [Verse 1 – Male] I filed an invention, They laughed at what I’d done, They said the dream was foolish, A race that could not be won. But somewhere in the laughter, I knew what they could not see— They thought the joke was on me, But the joke was not on me. [Verse 2 – Female] I read the words you had written, I saw the thought behind the claim, But others called it madness, I never saw it quite the same. A scientist may stumble, A dream may lose its way, But truth can hide in silence And wait for another day. [Pre-Chorus – Male] Then the patent was issued, But the project disappeared. They said the compound was unstable, And the future was unclear. **[Pre-Chorus – Female]** You sat alone in silence, With your invention on the shelf. Sometimes the hardest judgment Is the one we make of ourselves. [Chorus – Both] The joke was never on me, Though for a while I thought it was. The years went by like shadows, And silence covered what I’d done. The joke was never on me, Though no one understood. Sometimes the seed is buried Before they know it could. [Verse 3 – Male] A decade passed in silence, Then I searched the world one night. The same idea had reached Phase Three, And suddenly it looked so right. Reduced fat absorption, A different turn, a different name— A twist upon my old invention, Walking down another road to fame. [Verse 4 – Female] Perhaps the world had missed you, Perhaps the timing wasn't right. A discovery can disappear Before it finds its light. And those who should have seen the gold May only see the dirt, While dreams are left abandoned And the people left unheard. [Bridge – Male] I was not a genius, I never claimed to be. I was only a stubborn scientist Who believed in what I’d seen. [Bridge – Female] And perhaps you missed the warning, The trial that failed back then, A decade written in the records Before you searched again. [Final Chorus – Both] The joke was never on me, The years have made that clear. What vanished into silence Can sometimes reappear. The joke was never on me, Though I carried it for years. The world may miss the treasure When the treasure first appears.

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