

Prompt / Lyrics
I traded my truth for a quieter lie Wore a calm face while I burned inside Said “I’m fine” till I believed it too That’s how a heart learns how to disappear on cue I kept the peace and I kept the role But every yes cost pieces of my soul Smiled on time, played my part Signed my name away in the dark There was smoke where my name was Ash where my fire should be I was breathing but I wasn’t alive Just a ghost wearing me I betrayed my own voice Just to keep the room warm Now I’m walking back through the embers Rebuilding my form I called it love, I called it fate But it was fear dressed up as wait I bent so far I lost my frame Forgot my sound, forgot my name Every mirror looked like a stranger’s face Every dream put back in place Nice and quiet on the shelf — That’s how I vanished from myself There was smoke where my name was Ash where my fire should be I was breathing but I wasn’t alive Just a ghost wearing me I betrayed my own voice Just to keep the room warm Now I’m walking back through the embers Rebuilding my form No villain here, no crown to blame Just slow surrender dressed as sane The crime was small and daily done — I kept choosing everyone But the spark don’t die — it waits below Truth is patient, truth is slow There’s a flame where my name is Heat in my lungs when I speak I’d rather stand in honest fire Than disappear being meek I won’t trade my voice For belonging again If I lose the crowd — I keep my soul And that’s how I win I went missing in my own life Now I answer when I call.
Tags
Smoky neo-soul ballad, dark groove, Rhodes piano, warm bass, brushed drums, intimate confessional vocal, slow burn mood
3:34
No
1/31/2026