(Verse 1)
6AM again, clock bleeds into my spine
Sunlight cuts the curtain like a warning sign
I drag myself through dreams I never dreamed
Chasing meaning in a world that’s losing steam
Toast burns in the silence, same old bitter song
My body’s screaming something’s deeply wrong
But I smile for the hallway, nod to every face
No one sees the ghost that’s taken up my place
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(Pre-Chorus 1)
Doctor’s eyes are weary, papers piling high
They call it complicated, but never ask me why
I’m stitched into the system, breaking at the seams
Living on the edge between despair and dreams
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(Chorus 1)
But I dance in the silence
Breathe in synthetic light
The pain sings in minor
But I still hold on tight
I laugh in the daylight
Cry when the moon is near
If time’s not on my side
At least I’m still here
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(Instrumental Drop / House Groove – 8 bars)
(Ethereal synth textures, vocal echoes: “I’m still here…”)
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(Verse 2)
Twelve o’clock – fake lunch, fake smile, fake news
My coworkers don’t ask, they’ve got their own blues
In the bathroom mirror, I meet my tired face
Wishing I could vanish, just erase this place
I talk to the silence like it understands
Ask the universe if this was always planned
But there’s no voice replying, no signs in the sky
Just the weight of “not knowing” as days drift by
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(Pre-Chorus 2)
They try another trial, another name to trust
Hope is just a currency they lend before it rusts
I keep a little joy in a playlist on my phone
It’s how I remind myself I’m never quite alone
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(Chorus 2)
So I spin through the static
Float through the neon rain
This shell’s problematic
But I’m more than this pain
I sing in the silence
Even if no one hears
If death comes tomorrow
At least I lived here
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(Bridge – Japanese Verse + English Translation)
(Japanese)
壊れても、笑ってた
(Kowarete mo, waratteta)
Even broken, I kept on smiling
見えない闇と踊った
(Mienai yami to odotta)
I danced with an invisible darkness
命は短くて
(Inochi wa mijikakute)
Life is short
でも綺麗だった
(Demo kirei datta)
But it was still beautiful
(English)
I’ve learned to find beauty
In every aching breath
To hold the fading sunset
Like it could cheat death
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(Extended Minute – Reflective Bridge)
(Ambient Interlude: Rain, vocal echoes, minimal beat)
Maybe I was meant to break in gentle ways
Like a glass bell ringing through the empty days
I carry every moment like a scarred bouquet
And still I find a reason just to stay
I write small poems in the fog on the glass
Moments that vanish, but somehow still last
And when no one’s looking, I let the truth in
That living with pain is still choosing to begin
(Refrain)
So I breathe through the silence
Let the rhythm find me
Even if I’m fading
I can still be free
(Instrumental Lift – 8 bars of groove returning)
(Chopped vocal sample: “Still be free…”)
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(Verse 3)
4PM again, the end begins to start
I clock out of the building, but never from my heart
The sky’s a pale blue, pretending to be kind
While shadows take inventory of my spine….
ReapEternal
