Dead Inside But Breathing

[Verse 1]
Sink in the mattress
Screen light on my face
Scroll past the happy people
Like I’m from another place
Cold cup on the bedside
Missed calls I never get
I’m the name that never’s chosen
I’m the one they all forget
I try to say “I’m fine”
But it tastes like a lie
Laugh track in the background
I just wanna cry
[Chorus]
No one loves me
That’s the story in my head
Every heartbeat
Feels better off as dead
But I’m still here
Even if I don’t know why
Dead inside
But breathing through the night
[Verse 2]
Left on “seen” last summer
Friends all moved ahead
I stay like old wallpaper
Peeling at the edge
Can’t see any beauty
In the mirror when I stand
Just a list of every failure
Written on my hands
Every room feels crowded
Even when I’m alone
I’m a house with all the lights off
Never called a home
[Chorus]
No one loves me
That’s the story in my head
Every heartbeat
Feels better off as dead
But I’m still here
So maybe that’s a sign
Dead inside
But holding on this time
[Bridge]
If I am this unwanted
Why do I still care
Why does something in me tremble
When I whisper a prayer
Maybe one small corner
Of this hollow chest
Still believes that I’m worth
More than all this mess (yeah)
[Chorus]
No one loves me
That’s the story in my head
But the way it hurts
Means my heart ain’t really dead
‘Cause I’m still here
And I swear I’ll try to find
Some piece of light
Some piece that calls me mine
Dead inside
But breathing through the night

Muted piano ballad with male vocals, close-mic and intimate. First verse almost spoken over sparse chords; subtle pads bloom in the chorus, with soft low-end pulses and distant reverse reverb swells. Second verse adds a fragile harmony double and light percussion swishes. Final chorus rises half a step with layered harmonies, then falls back to a single bare vocal on the last line., emotional