[Intro – Spoken / Soft vocal echo]
Have you ever felt this weight on your chest,
Like breathing’s a war and your heart’s a wreck?
I have.
I can’t breathe.
(Silent pause… a breathless moment.)
[Verse 1 – Rap / Melodic cadence]
I’m struggling to balance what I want and what I need,
Been praying to God, but it’s like the devil’s been coaching the team.
I’m lost in my head, got nowhere to go,
I look at my mom and I cry ‘cause I know—
Time is a thief and it’s stealing her slow.
I’m rich in regrets, got a house with no soul.
Rooms full of silence, echoes too loud,
A phone full of names, but no one around.
[Pre-Chorus – Haunting melody]
Sometimes I sit in the shower and cry,
Water hides tears that fall from my eye.
I look in the mirror, there’s nobody there,
Just flesh and a face with a vacant stare.
I’m dying in poems, I bleed through the page,
A storm in my chest, a lifetime of rage.
[Chorus – Melodic hook, layered harmonies]
Fire deep inside me,
Lingers to remind me—
I just live to fall,
Yeah, I lost it all.
I can’t breathe,
This pain won’t leave.
They left me for dead, but I am the sea.
[Verse 2 – Rapid-fire emotional rap]
I’m tired, but I can’t sleep.
I cry, but I don’t speak.
Anxiety tells me to stay discreet—
So I bleed in silence, stitched in defeat.
You were my family, now you’re a ghost,
Now I’m just numb, I don’t feel close.
Murder on my mind, heart still racing,
Memories burn and I’m still chasing.
I became the man you swore you’d hate,
Now I’m wearing that mask every day.
[Bridge – Spoken word / Breakdown]
If life is a war, I’m too bruised to fight,
If pain is a friend, it’s slept over tonight.
I’m not asking for pity, just a moment of peace,
But even my shadow is starting to leave.
If I disappear, would you even know?
Or would you scroll past another “R.I.P.” post?
[Pre-Chorus – Return, heavier delivery]
They never saw how deep I fell,
Too busy pretending I’m doing well.
I screamed, I begged, I wept, I burned,
But silence is all I ever earned.
[Final Chorus – Explosive climax]
What a tragedy, tragedy,
It’s what I had to be, had to be.
Take everything away,
Still I rise from the flame—
Fire deep inside me,
Lingers to remind me,
I just live to fall,
Yeah, I lost it all.
(I can’t breathe…)
But I’m still standing.
I lost it all…
But I’m not done demanding.
[Outro – Whispered / fading echo]
I can’t breathe…
But I still dream.
I still bleed.
I still scream.