Background sound

Verse 1

City lights blink like they’re tired of the lie

Everybody’s running but nobody asks why

Clock on the wall keeps losing the race

I’m chasing a future I can’t quite trace

Pre-Chorus

I’ve been holding my breath in the middle of noise

Trading peace of mind for a handful of coins

If this is the dream, it’s sharp at the seams

Still I’m walking forward through fractured schemes

Chorus

I won’t fade into the background sound

I won’t let this world turn me inside out

If I fall, I fall standing my ground

I’m more than the echo they scream out loud

Verse 2

Hands in my pockets, hope in my chest

Every wrong turn feels like a test

They say slow down, they say behave

But comfort’s just a prettier cage

Pre-Chorus

I’ve seen smiles crack under gold

Heard the truth get cheaply sold

If I’m gonna break, let it be free

Not bent by who they want me to be

Chorus

I won’t fade into the background sound

I won’t let this world turn me inside out

If I fall, I fall standing my ground

I’m more than the echo they scream out loud

Bridge

Maybe I’m reckless, maybe I’m late

Maybe I won’t fit the shape they make

But I’d rather burn with a stubborn flame

Than freeze forever wearing their name

Final Chorus

I won’t fade into the background sound

I won’t let this world turn me inside out

No matter how hard the walls surround

I’m more than the echo they scream out loud

Outro

When the noise dies down and the lights go low

I’ll still be here, and I’ll still know

I didn’t vanish, I didn’t bow

I’m still me, still here, still now