Friendly Fire

[Intro]
[bitter, sardonic]
They smile in your face...
All the time they wanna take your place
[syncopated drums, dark synth stabs]

[Verse 1]
Group chat's lit but they got a second one without me
Screenshots of my failures while they're acting like they love me
"Just jokes," that's what they say after every single dagger
But I peep the way they celebrate when I'm falling off the ladder
Tommy said we're brothers then he fucked my ex last summer
Sarah spreads my secrets but she calls herself my mother
They disguise the disrespect as "keeping it one hundred"
But it's friendly fire, bullets from the ones I never hunted
Birthday dinner, they're all posting stories, looking perfect
But the group text quiet when I said I got that new promotion
Passive-aggressive compliments with poison in the potion
"Happy for you" with a period, I can feel the emotion

[Pre-Chorus]
And they aim, they aim
Right between my shoulder blades (shoulder blades)
Calling it love but it's really hate
Now I see their games

[Chorus]
Friendly fire, shots from my own team
Jealousy wrapped up in fake dreams
They're hoping that I fall while they pretend to care
Smiling assassins everywhere (everywhere)
Friendly fire, friendly fire
Should've known my friends would be the liars

[Verse 2]
They remember every loss but forget about my wins
Tag me in the worst pics while they're editing their sins
"Bro, it's just banter," while they're stabbing at my pride
Then play victim when I match their fucking energy inside
Circle getting smaller, I can see who really rocks
The ones who stayed silent when they put me on the chopping block
Backhanded compliments like "you're brave for wearing that"
Or "must be nice" when I achieve what they lack
I emerged from all their bullshit with my armor on
Now they wondering why I'm distant, why the love is gone
Can't do friendly fire when you're standing all alone
So I'd rather be a target than be sitting on their throne

[Bridge]
[building, defiant]
Every scar they gave me made me harder to defeat
Now I see through all the masks, all the lies beneath
They can keep their toxic circle, I don't need their validation
I'm my own foundation (foundation)
Standing stronger in isolation

[Final Chorus]
Friendly fire, I survived their cheap shots
Now I'm rising higher while they're stuck in the same spot
They're still talking about me 'cause I'm all they got to share
But I'm gone, I'm not there (not there)
Friendly fire, friendly fire
Built myself an empire from their fire

[Outro]
[cold, triumphant]
They smile in your face...
[whispered]
But I learned to smile back with my back turned
[beat cuts abruptly]

Dark Pop: Smooth male vocals over aggressive synths, trap-influenced hi-hats, punchy 808s, distorted bass drops.