Drowning in Silence

[Verse 1]
Chain-link thoughts, wrapped tight in my brain
Rust in the veins, can’t scrub out the stain
Breath’s thin, lungs scream, swimming in tar
Reaching for a star, but it’s too damn far
Mirror cracked, reflection won’t meet my eyes
Echoes of the lies, I memorized goodbyes
Falling off the edge, gravity’s my friend
Every road bends, but where does it end?
[Chorus]
Set me free, let me float, no gravity
Feel nothing, just silence, no agony
I’m drowning, I’m falling, I’m fading away
Set me free, set me free, I can’t stay
[Verse 2]
Potholes in my chest, where the heart once beat
Pain's a playlist, it’s stuck on repeat
Voices in the static, whispers of regret
Every step forward, two steps in debt
Walls closing in, air tastes like despair
Weight of the world, heavy in the thin air
I’m screaming in the dark, no echo comes back
Soul’s off track, running on a cul-de-sac
[Bridge]
No tears left to cry, they dried in the sun
No fight left to fight, the battle’s been won
But not by me, nah, I’m the casualty
Freedom’s a fantasy, locked without a key

rap, trap, minimal 808s with atmospheric pads and a melancholic piano loop; male vocals, beats, lo-fi, ambient, autotuned for a haunting texture