**Verse I**
I wake up feeling like a leftover sound
Something that rang once and shouldn’t again
My body moves out of obligation
Like it’s already done pretending
I learned how to stay very still
So nothing else would expect me
You hollowed me out so completely
There’s nothing left to defend
**Pre-Chorus**
I don’t dream anymore
I just shut off
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**Chorus**
I don’t want to be remembered
I don’t want to be found
If I fade into the background
Nothing changes now
You used me
You broke me
And the damage stayed
I’m not healing
I’m just learning how to decay
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**Verse II**
Every mirror feels like a delay
Like the image hasn’t caught up yet
I look alive enough to pass
But nothing inside me objects
I stopped imagining futures
Because they all felt like lies
Time keeps dragging me forward
Like it hasn’t noticed I died
**Pre-Chorus**
I’m not afraid of the end
I’m exhausted by the middle
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**Chorus**
I don’t want to forget you
I don’t want relief
I just want the noise to stop
Inside of me
You used me
You broke me
And left me awake
I’m not in pain
I’m just permanently drained
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**Breakdown (Slow, crushing, minimal words)**
If I disappear
Nothing collapses
Nothing screams
Nothing asks
I’m still breathing
But it feels incorrect
Like a machine
Running without purpose
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**Break (Clean Vocal Counterpoint – distant, empty)**
It’s okay
Rest now
You’ve done enough
Slow down
*(Still meaningless. Still false.)*
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**Final Chorus**
I don’t want saving
I don’t want blame
I don’t want to feel like
I’m taking up space
You broke me open
There was nothing inside
No hope
No fight
Just something waiting to power down
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**Outro**
I’m not reaching for death
I just don’t feel alive
And there’s a difference
That no one hears
HollowVotive
