FAULT LINES // STEP FORWARD

**[Intro]**

Yeah.

You.

Don’t look away.

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**[Verse 1]**

I keep you guessing on purpose,

You mistake confusion for depth

Built this from scraps and pressure

While you borrowed belief from everyone else

You want advice, want guidance,

But you never listen when it cuts

You call time money—

Funny, you still waste it on trust

Fuck your symbols of success,

Your fake weight, rented shine

I spray truth in your direction

Watch you flinch, watch you hide

I know your type too well,

You move quiet, then consume

Friendly smile, open hand—

Yeah, you’re here to take, not prove

You crowd the room with opinions,

Hands already in my pockets

Calling theft “collaboration”

While you suffocate what’s honest

Vultures with motivational quotes,

Cheering only when it pays

You want me rising—

Just not past where you can graze

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**[Pre-Chorus]**

I’ve been here before

I know how this ends

You don’t cross lines accidentally

You erase them.

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**[Hook / Callout]**

Hey— you, right there

Yeah, I’m talking to *you*

You walk loud like you’re prepared

But you’re fragile, through and through

I disappeared to outgrow you

Now I’m back and you’re exposed

Heat’s on, don’t play stupid

You’ve always known

Hey— you, right there

Running circles, dodging blame

I don’t know why you won’t comply

Oh wait— it’s fear, not faith

I bring pressure you can’t fake

You pretend it’s all a game

Play dumb, but you feel it now

Say it— say my fucking name

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**[Verse 2]**

Funny how I breathe just fine

With almost nothing left

You need a crowd and substances

Just to feel like yourself

I don’t feed demons—I use them

Point ‘em where they belong

I don’t wake people up gently

I shake foundations till they’re gone

When I enter, rooms get quiet

Not respect—anticipation

You confuse comfort with power

I confuse clarity with domination

You followed trends, I followed patterns

You chased light, I chased truth

Now you’re stuck explaining why

Nothing you touch makes it through

You say “bad luck,” say “timing,”

Say the world’s stacked against you

Funny how the common factor

In every loss is still *you*

You don’t get sabotaged—

You self-destruct with enthusiasm

Then cry betrayal when the wreckage

Starts demanding explanations

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**[Bridge – grind, half-time]**

Tall grass, full of snakes

I don’t flinch, I step in

Raw glass in my hand

I don’t numb it—I let it in

No hall pass, no safety net

No grace period, no appeal

You want fairness?

Earn it.

You want mercy?

Heal.

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Hey— you, right there

You are not misunderstood

You’re predictable, insecure,

And allergic to accountability—good.

I left, built muscle in the silence

You stayed the same and called it fate

Now I’m everything you resent

Standing right in front of your face

Hey— you, right there

You don’t scare me, you exhaust me

All that noise, nothing solid

No spine, no teeth, no posture

Pressure high, you start folding

Truth hits hard, you call it cruel

I didn’t change—

I just stopped letting you pretend,too.