[Intro – slow, almost whispered]
[beat fades in, heavy bass, eerie synth]
Yeah...
Fake smiles, fake lights, fake life...
But it's fine.
It's fine... right?
[Verse 1 – rapped, tight flow]
Wake up, another damn performance,
Pull on the mask, tie up the torment,
Your kiss? It's cold, like a frozen warning,
I sip black coffee, and fake the morning.
Dead eyes staring from the mirror's crack,
Button my shirt, stitch the pain in back,
Walk through hell with a wedding band,
Smile for the cameras, you wouldn't understand.
[Pre Chorus – sung, R&B melody]
(Don't ask me, don't ask me)
What’s burning inside my mind...
(Just pass me, just pass me)
Let me rot and say I'm fine...
[Chorus – melodic, emotional]
I pretend I'm fine, wear a plastic grin
Suffocating slow in my second skin
Laugh too loud, choke on the lies
Dead inside but the shell survives
I pretend I'm fine... like always.
[Verse 2 – rapped, more intense]
Dinner’s cold, but your lies are colder,
You talk love — I'm just getting older,
Fingers brush mine, feels like a weapon,
Stuck in a loop I shoulda stepped from.
You smile, but I see the stains,
Your perfume can’t hide the remains,
Betrayal leaves a permanent scar,
But hey, babe, we made it this far, right?
[Pre Chorus – sung]
(Don't ask me, don't ask me)
If the wounds still scream inside...
(Just pass me, just pass me)
Let the memories eat me alive...
[Chorus – bigger emotional hit]
I pretend I'm fine, wear a plastic grin
Suffocating slow in my second skin
Laugh too loud, choke on the lies
Dead inside but the shell survives
I pretend I'm fine... like always.
[Bridge – rap, darker tone]
Betrayed once, I stitched it tight,
Betrayed twice, learned how to fight,
Betrayed again — damn right I stayed,
‘Cause pain's a language I learned to fake.
Go ahead, babe, pop the champagne,
I’ll bleed inside and smile again,
Call it love, call it fate,
Call it anything — it’s too late.
[Final Chorus – emotional peak]
I pretend I'm fine, wear a plastic grin
Suffocating slow in my second skin
Laugh too loud, choke on the lies
Dead inside but the shell survives
I pretend I'm fine...
Yeah, I pretend I'm fine...
Like always.
Eliah_Jay
