[Intro] (Low distorted hum, slow ticking, like a clock running out)
Smile, baby, you’re on display
A perfect mess—look how you slay
They don’t see the cracks inside
So I keep the lights on high
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[Verse 1]
Caught in the flash, but I’m fading fast
Living in a world that worships masks
Pose for the frame, fake it divine
They love a tragedy that looks just fine
I’m bleeding out in designer clothes
My shadow laughs—yeah, no one knows
Another filter, another lie
I sell my pain with a lullaby
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[Pre-Chorus] (Soft, almost whispered)
If I scream pretty, will they let me fall?
If I shatter quietly, will they hear at all?
Or will I just be static on their screen…
A moment lost, a haunted dream?
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[Chorus] (Rising into a melodic collapse)
Smile for the camera, don’t let ‘em see
The cracks, the cries, the unraveling me
Click-click, perfect—broken, but bright
Another soul dying in neon light
Smile for the camera, that’s what they need
Even angels bleed behind the scene
So I laugh, I shine, I fake it divine
But I’m dying…
One frame at a time
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[Verse 2]
They like me tragic, they like me tame
Just don’t get messy, just don’t blame
Keep your head up, don’t look down
Don’t let the truth make a sound
I’m dancing for them in a cage of glass
Clapping hands as the moments pass
They don’t want real—they want surreal
And they call it love when it’s not even real
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[Bridge] (Music collapses to just heartbeat and breath)
Am I art or am I prey?
Do they love me or the part I play?
Trapped in gold, wrapped in fame…
But no one ever asks my name…
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[Final Chorus] (Slow, broken, like collapsing under weight)
Smile for the camera, hide the cracks
Tell them “I’m fine” as my soul snaps
Click-click, fading, numb and divine
Guess I’m just perfect… in decline
Smile for the camera—don’t let it show
Keep it all pretty… they’ll never know…
So I laugh, I shine, I fake it divine
But I’m dying…
One smile at a time
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