Verse 1
They said you left in silence,
Needle, note, and cold goodbye
But the numbers don’t make sense to me
I see shadows in their eyes
They closed the door too quickly
Buried truth beneath the rain
You were screaming through your records
While they whispered your name
Pre-Chorus
Too much smoke for just a candle
Too many hands wiped clean
They tell me it was destiny
But destiny don’t scheme
Chorus
I don’t buy the story they sold us
I don’t hear peace in that sound
Too much love, too much anger
For one man to take himself down
If this was freedom, why the silence?
If this was truth, why the fear?
I don’t say I know what happened
I just know it wasn’t clear
Verse 2
They say the pain was heavier
Than the weight of his fame
But I hear a different echo
Every time they say his name
A body full of questions
A mind still fighting through
You don’t load a gun with goodbye
When you’re already drowning too
Pre-Chorus 2
They call it tragic closure
I call it a staged end
Because legends don’t just vanish
When the wolves are dressed as friends
Chorus
I don’t buy the story they sold us
I don’t hear peace in that sound
Too much fire in his heartbeat
For a finger to pull itself down
If this was mercy, why the rush?
If this was love, why the lies?
I don’t claim to know the killers
I just question the disguise
Bridge (spoken or half-sung)
History loves a clean conclusion
Even when it bleeds
They’d rather crown a broken angel
Than admit to human greed
Final Chorus
I don’t buy the story they sold us
I won’t swallow it whole
You can’t kill a voice with a headline
Or bury a restless soul
Maybe truth is just a ghost now
Haunting every alibi
If you hear him in the static
Then you know the reason why
Outro
You didn’t fade…
You detonated.
And the world still feels the sound.
Gemineyez
