[Intro]
(The track begins in silence, just a single, crystalline piano note hanging in the air. The voice starts a cappella, pure, almost childlike, before the bass begins to rumble very low in the background.)
Mama told me: "Don't you talk to strangers in the street,
Never open up your door to shadows you might meet,
Beware of the dark, of anything that feels estranged."
I was careful. Every single angle was arranged.
[Verse 1]
But the danger wasn't lurking on the asphalt or pavement,
The wolf was in my room, planning tactical enslavement.
Your name was carved deep, yeah, the lock had your brand on it,
Drained my whole soul, left me bled with no hand on it.
Staring at the mirror, looking ghostly and fractured,
"Faded"—that’s the label that your posts manufactured.
Bags under my eyes, looking jaded and bitter,
While you were crying over crumbs, throwing fits on your Twitter.
The monster in the house that nobody can recognize,
Screaming for nothing when the curtain drops and weapons rise.
Yeah, you break and you bend 'em, try to keep 'em beneath ya,
Just to flex an illusion that you're chief of the creature.
[Chorus]
You played the victim, flipped the script, what a joke,
But I was front row watching you choke on your smoke.
Yeah, you gasp for some air now I'm passing your lane,
Biting the dust of your own misery, man.
My heart beats right, yours is trapped in the wreck,
Watching your delusions doesn't hit me, expect
Nothing from me now, yeah, I'm breaking the chain,
Cured the codependency, I'm flushing the pain.
[Verse 2]
Had nothing against me, so you fabricated history,
Bury me in fables, trying to magnify the mystery.
Wore a mask for the world like you're fragile and pious,
A poor broken man, fueling invincible bias.
I stayed silent through the violence, your low lies were sickening,
But the truth always climbs while the choke-hold is quickening.
The messages vibrated, the cellulars rattled,
Your own damn crew came around, fed up and rattled.
The ones with zero interest to defend your position,
Opened up my eyes to your serpent ambition.
Even when it ended, all the files kept on leaking,
You were begging for some pity, in the past, left there shrieking.
Mad to see me live again, standing tall with no collar,
Reaping the storm of your weakness, making you smaller.
Claimed my very presence made your life a disaster?
Look at you now, where's the joy, puppet master?
[Chorus]
You played the victim, flipped the script, what a joke,
But I was front row watching you choke on your smoke.
Yeah, you gasp for some air now I'm passing your lane,
Biting the dust of your own misery, man.
My heart beats right, yours is trapped in the wreck,
Watching your delusions doesn't hit me, expect
Nothing from me now, yeah, I'm breaking the chain,
Cured the codependency, I'm flushing the pain.
Mcz
