Midnight mirrors

It’s quiet now, but my heart still screams

Facin' demons in my midnight dreams

Smilin’ by day, bleedin’ by night

Guess they never saw the cracks in the light

Everybody loves me when I shine for them

But nobody stays when the lights go dim

They drink my joy, then leave me dry

And I just laugh like I don’t cry

I held the world with shaky hands

Built thrones for folks who wouldn’t help me stand

And every “thank you” fades too fast

But pain? That’s the part that tends to last

I’ve been the strength, the calm in storms

But I’ve been breakin’ since I was born

They see a hero, but they don’t see

The war I fight just to let them be

I’m the voice you don’t hear, the tear you don’t see

The soul that’s burnin’ while beggin’ to be free

Still I rise, still I give, still I love like a fool

I keep playin’ the game, but I ain’t got rules

They call me strong, but I’m barely breathin’

Still showin’ up, even when I’m leakin’

They take my fire, I give ‘em my flame

And I still whisper love in the middle of pain

I text first, even when I’m hurt

Check on people who left me in the dirt

They said, “You’re too deep”—I said, “You’re too gone”

Now I write these verses just to stay strong

I never hated, never burned the bridge

Even when they vanished, I still forgive

'Cause I know hurt people hurt back

But I still miss the ones who won’t come back

Tired of bein’ the “nice guy” role

Tired of carryin’ what no one knows

But I won’t let the darkness change my soul

Even with pieces missin’, I stay whole

Late nights, cold air, talkin’ to the ceiling

Music’s the only thing that understands my feelin’

They say, “Don’t let ‘em see you cry”

But tears built the man that I amplify

So I bleed in every bar I write

Hurt in daylight, heal at night

And maybe I’m foolish for still believin’

But love don’t lose, it just keeps breathin’

I’m the voice you don’t hear, the tear you don’t see

The soul that’s burnin’ while beggin’ to be free

Still I rise, still I give, still I love like a fool

I keep playin’ the game, but I ain’t got rules

They call me strong, but I’m barely breathin’

Still showin’ up, even when I’m leakin’

They take my fire, I give ‘em my flame

And I still whisper love in the middle of pain

So if I’m gone one day and they ask why

Say he loved too much and ran outta sky

But his heart never folded, his light never dimmed

He stayed the good one

Right to the end