[Intro – muffled, hollow voice]
(They only love you when you scream…)
(…and when you’re silent, they forget.)
Shhh…
Don’t make a sound.
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[Verse 1 – slow, cold tone building to anger]
I been screamin’ in silence, no echo, no name
They clap for the pain, then walk past the flame
Say, “You different,” but still treat me the same
Wanna cage what they fear, so they lock up the brain
Pop pills just to feel like I’m floatin’
But I sink every time that I open
Up to a world that’s broken
Now I’m numb with the words unspoken
Heart heavy, but my hands stay steady
Smile fake, but the rage been ready
They want a freak, now the stage look deadly
Roman’s gone, what’s left ain’t friendly
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[Hook – soft & slow, then explodes]
Quiet riot, I’m breakin’ in pieces
Can’t save me, don’t need your Jesus
Heart full of holes, soul got creases
But I still stand tall like a thesis
(Quiet… riot…)
When I scream, they cheer
When I cry, they disappear
Now I bleed into the mirror
I’m the voice they’ll never hear
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[Verse 2 – fast flow, intense emotion]
Tears in my throat but they taste like lead
Been alive too long with a part of me dead
Too loud in my mind, can’t sleep in this bed
So I rage with a grin, let the demons get fed
Got blood on my kicks, but my walk stay clean
Pain in my lungs, but I still don’t scream
I smile for the pic, I’m the American dream
But inside, I’m a glitch in the mainstream
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[Hook – repeat with glitch FX]
Quiet riot, I’m breakin’ in pieces
Can’t save me, don’t need your Jesus
Heart full of holes, soul got creases
But I still stand tall like a thesis
(Quiet… riot…)
When I scream, they cheer
When I cry, they disappear
Now I bleed into the mirror
I’m the voice they’ll never hear
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[Bridge – distorted, haunting]
You love the rage…
But ignore the pain…
You love the mask…
But won’t learn the name…
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[Outro – whisper-fade with distortion]
I was never the villain…
I just broke in the dark…
And y’all called it art.
