[Intro – Soft acoustic plucking with a soft piano]
[whispered reversed vocals and humming]
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[Verse 1 – Rap/Sung softly, trembling delivery]
If I leave tonight… would you ask why?
Or just say “He always smiled, seemed fine”
I wore The Mask I Wear every day
Hid the hurt in jokes I’d say
Been Strong Outside and Hurt Inside
But that's where my feelings died
Dead Eyes in every mirror I see
But no one ever looks at me
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[Pre-Chorus – Half-sung, building emotion]
They’ll say, “He was there for everyone”
But when I needed help… no one would ever come
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[Chorus – Sung, slow and heartbreaking]
If I leave tonight, will the silence break?
Will my name be the noise they finally make?
Will they scroll through messages they never sent?
Will my pain make sense in the end?
Or will it just be “Don’t Cry (He’s a Man)” again?
Another name lost in the wind…
If I leave tonight… will it begin?
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[Verse 2 – Rap/Sung hybrid, intimate delivery]
My Closet Friend, The Bottle lied
Said it’d numb the pain inside
But it just echoed Silent Screams
Amplified my broken dreams
I was always the one they called
But No One Calls when I fall
I tried to break the Father, Son chain
But it’s hard when you inherit the pain
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[Drawn out Instrumental Break]
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[Bridge – Spoken gently, fading to near silence]
They’ll say they “didn’t see the signs”
But they were and didn't read between the lines
Between Silence, between my “I’m fine”
Between every forced laugh, and every long night
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[Final Chorus – Slowed tempo, layered harmonies]
If I leave tonight, will they finally hear?
The pain men carry… year by year
The pressure to hold, to never fall
To die a little and still stand tall
If I leave tonight, don’t lie, don’t spin
Say I was tired… worn too thin
And maybe then… someone like me
Won’t have to write this song again
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[Outro – Soft acoustic fading, final whisper]
If I leave tonight…
Ohhh...
If I leave tonight...
Mmm..
If I leave tonight...
N0VA