[Verse 1]
Perfect brushstrokes on the plaster
Painted sky that never cracks
Every smile here feels scripted
Every laugh’s on hidden tracks
All these frames in gilded cages
Every color pre-approved
I’m applauded like a genius
For a life I never chose
[Pre-Chorus]
They call it flawless
They call it fate
I call it walls dressed up as gates
[Chorus]
This fabricated masterpiece
Is just a prison made for me
Signed my name on every frame
But I’m not who they want me to be
If this is such a perfect dream
Why can’t I wake
Why can’t I scream?
Trapped in a world that’s mine alone
But it doesn’t feel like home
[Verse 2]
Silver trophies on the mantle
For the roles I learned to play
Every script a pretty anthem
Every truth I had to trade
I can hear my real voice cracking
Under layers of applause
All this worship
All this plastic
Can’t make up for what I’ve lost
[Pre-Chorus]
They call it art
They call it grace
I’m just a ghost behind the glass
[Chorus]
This fabricated masterpiece
Is just a prison made for me
Signed my name on every frame
But I’m not who they want me to be
If this is such a perfect dream
Why can’t I wake
Why can’t I scream?
Trapped in a world that’s mine alone
But it doesn’t feel like home
[Bridge]
Tear the canvas
Rip the seams (rip the seams)
Let the ruins
Learn to breathe (learn to breathe)
If I burn this gallery down
Will they finally see me now? (see me now)
[Chorus]
This fabricated masterpiece
Watch me carve my way out clean
I’ll stain the walls with something real
Every scratch a part of me
If this was just a painted dream
I’ll shatter through
I’ll finally scream
Out of a world that’s mine alone
I’m gonna build my own home