My faded dream

Golden gates, diamond chains,

But I’m locked inside a life with no escape.

They paint my name in flashing lights,

But no one asks what I wanna write.

They call it a dream, I call it a cage,

A world so loud, but I drown in the stage.

Famous faces, hollow nights,

But I just wanna color my sky.

Let me fade into my art,

Let me breathe without playing a part.

I don’t need a kingdom, don’t need a throne,

I just wanna be unknown.

Let me blend in, let me hide,

In the strokes of a brush, in the hush of the night.

I don’t need the cameras, don’t need the show,

I just wanna be invisible—

In my colors, let me go.

"Smile, Shanaya," pose and stay,

But I find myself in shades of grey.

Their dreams for me, a heavy crown,

But I just wanna lay it down.

If I run, will they chase?

If I break, will they erase—

The girl who was never meant to be seen,

A quiet rebel in a world so mean?

Let me fade into my art,

Let me breathe without playing a part.

I don’t need a kingdom, don’t need a throne,

I just wanna be unknown.

Let me blend in, let me hide,

In the strokes of a brush, in the hush of the night.

I don’t need the cameras, don’t need the show,

I just wanna be invisible—

In my colors, let me go.

So if you see me walking away,

Know I’ve found my own escape.

No spotlight, no empty praise,

Just a canvas and my name.