[low heartbeat kick / distorted room tone / faint ringing in one ear]
[INTRO — exhausted voice, almost spoken]
“You ever get so good at pretending…”
“…you forget where the act stops?”
[bass enters like a slow punch]
[VERSE 1]
Sharp tongue, cheap thrill
Fake calm, standing still
Everybody thinks I’m bulletproof
‘Cause I learned how to hide the bruise
Silver teeth and tired eyes
Laugh too loud to drown the night
You say I look dangerous now
Baby, I’m just breaking quietly
[whisper layer: “quietly… quietly…”]
[PRE-CHORUS]
One wrong word
One bad night
One small crack
And I shatter on sight
(snare build / glass crack FX)
[CHORUS]
I TALK LIKE A WEAPON
BUT BREAK LIKE GLASS
Cut so deep
Then collapse so fast
Everybody loves the damage
Till they see behind the mask
I talk like a weapon
But break like glass
[drop — distorted 808s / screamed harmonies]
[POST-CHORUS]
Glass jaw
Glass jaw
[pitched-down vocal repeat underneath]
Hit me where it hurts.
[VERSE 2 — half-time]
Blackout heartbeat, bathroom floor
Can’t tell what I’m fighting for
Every room’s a battlefield
Every smile looks too rehearsed
You touch my arm — I flinch too fast
Guess some ghosts don’t stay in the past
I built this armor out of noise
Now silence hurts worse than your voice
[reverse reverb swell]
[BREAKDOWN]
[all drums cut / distant ringing only]
“I wanted to be untouchable.”
[small laugh]
“Turns out I’m just fragile louder.”
[single piano note]
[FINAL CHORUS — huge layered vocals / near screaming]
I TALK LIKE A WEAPON
BUT BREAK LIKE GLASS
Hands around my throat
While the whole world watches
Everybody wants a monster
Till the monster starts to crack
I talk like a weapon
But break like—
GLASS
GLASS
GLASS
[tempo surges / drums clipping intentionally]
[OUTRO]
[instrumental falling apart / breathing remains]
[whispered]
“Don’t look too close.”
[silence]
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