[Intro – Sparse Instrumental: echoey piano, lo-fi textures, faint reversed vocals in the background of the melody - 10 seconds]
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[Verse 1]
They're laughing loud in tinted skies
I'm stuck inside a replayed night
Scrollin’ through a perfect frame
Where love still lives and I’m just… gray
I fake a smile, wear it well
But every ringin’ wedding bell
Feels like a song I used to sing
Before it lost its meaning
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[Pre-Chorus]
I whisper “I’m happy for you”
But it’s not the whole damn truth
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[Chorus]
In the Green Hour, I watch it bloom
Their hands held tight, while I face the gloom
The world moves on, they paint in light
But I’m still green inside
Envy tastes like yesterday’s wine
Bittersweet and burnin’ in my mind
Guess I’m not over what I lost
Still keep countin’ every cost
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[Verse 2]
Their smiles are sharp like knives to me
Their joy’s the ghost that haunts my sleep
And I don’t hate them—wish I did
It’d be easier than this emptiness I sit with
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[Bridge – Instrumental Break / Soft, Melancholic.]
[Low thumping bass begins to rise, atmospheric guitar strums layer in]
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[Pre-Chorus 2]
I say, “It’s cool, I’m doin’ fine”
But I’ve rehearsed that line a thousand times
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[Chorus 2]
In the Green Hour, I lose again
To memories dressed in different men
And every smile feels like a crime
When mine's still missin’ time
Envy wraps me like a chain
Drenched in what-if’s and quiet pain
Guess I’m not strong enough to lie
So I just envy and survive
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[Outro – Slow Fade Instrumental: soft string pads fade, echoing once before silence hits]