[Intro – Clean / Close Mic]
I didn’t notice when it started
(faint breath → silence)
[Verse 1 – Clean / Very Simple]
I didn’t feel lost or afraid
I just stopped pushing back
Nothing ever forced my hand
So I stayed where I was at
I didn’t think I was choosing
I thought I was letting things pass
I kept waiting for the moment
That never pushed me back
[Pre-Chorus – Clean, Bare]
I made this...
[Chorus – Clean / Heavy, Anchored]
I didn’t fall into the dark
I stayed and shaped it
Every fear became a board
I framed it
I laid down, let it close
Said it felt like home
I wasn’t buried by the end
I built a self-made casket
(low background hum)
[Verse 2 – Clean / Flat, Controlled]
Every choice became a nail
I stopped asking how it felt
I learned the weight of standing still
And called it discipline
I told myself this wasn’t death
Just a quieter kind of hell
No fight left in what remained
Just time passing, unafraid
[Break – Light Grit / Single Line]
(strained)
I’m still breathing in here
[Bridge – Clean / Realization]
If I knock from the inside now
Would I even hear the sound?
Or did I trade my voice for quiet
And let it shut me down?
[Background whispers]
I made this...
(whisper fades)
[Final Chorus – Clean / Colder]
I didn’t fall into the dark
I stayed and shaped it
Called the walls a place to rest
And stayed in
If this is how I disappear
Slow and patient
Then I won’t blame anyone else
I built a self-made casket
[Outro – Clean / Empty]
I made this CASKET
(silence)