**[INTRO — whispered, deep 808 bass, soft slow synths]**
The smoke's gone now.
The room feels bigger.
Everything looks empty
when you finally see it.
**[VERSE 1 — LAID-BACK RAP]**
Sunlight through the blinds, headache in my skull,
Last night's memories coming back in full.
Empty bottles on the floor, ashes in the sink,
I've been trying not to remember, but I can't stop thinking.
Phone full of messages I never had the courage to read,
People reaching out, asking what's happened to me.
I keep saying I'm okay because it's easier that way,
But truth gets harder to hide every day.
I thought getting numb meant getting free,
But silence only gave the worst parts room to speak.
Every escape eventually leads me back home,
And I keep finding out I'm still alone.
**[HOOK — MELODIC / HAZY R&B]**
When the smoke clears,
I can finally see
Everything I was running from
Was waiting inside of me.
When the high fades
And the room goes quiet,
I hear my own thoughts again
And I don't know how to fight them.
Maybe I don't need another escape,
Maybe I just need to stay.
**[VERSE 2 — LOW / INTROSPECTIVE]**
I remember every person I pushed away,
Every "I'm fine" I used to hide the pain.
I blamed the world for every wound I carried,
Never noticed how much of myself I'd buried.
You can't drown regret, it learns how to swim,
You can't smoke out memories, they follow you in.
I turned my heart into something made of stone,
Now I'm wondering if I built a prison, not a home.
Maybe I miss who I was before the damage,
Before every relationship felt like a disadvantage.
Before I measured love by how it ends,
Before I stopped believing people could be friends.
**[BRIDGE — FLOATING / FALSETTO]**
Ooh...
If I let myself feel,
Maybe I won't disappear.
Ooh...
If I forgive myself,
Maybe I can finally heal.
**[VERSE 3 — RAP / BUILDING]**
Another sunrise, another chance I almost wasted,
Another version of myself I don't wanna become.
I've been living like tomorrow is something I can borrow,
Spending every night trying to outrun tomorrow.
I don't need to forget the things that hurt me,
I just need to stop letting them become me.
The past can stay behind without controlling my direction,
Maybe loneliness isn't permanent protection.
I'll leave the window open, let the cold air in,
Let myself remember what it means to begin.
I don't know where I'm going,
But at least I'm moving slow—
And for once in a while,
I don't need somewhere else to go.
**[FINAL HOOK — MELODIC / LAYERED]**
When the smoke clears,
I can finally see
Everything I was running from
Was waiting inside of me.
When the high fades
And the room goes quiet,
I hear my own thoughts again—
Maybe I don't have to fight them.
Maybe I don't need another escape.
Maybe I can learn to stay.
**[OUTRO — whispered]**
The smoke is gone.
I'm still here.
Maybe that's enough
for tonight.