## Intro
*Soft instrumental with subtle bass*
## Verse 1
So long as I forget why I tried,
Looking for closure, it's not there, can't find.
I guess I can check where I lost my mind.
Looking back to the past was suicide,
But I'm finding that I can't ever go back
To a time I was fine.
So long I've tried, tried to keep everything inside.
## Hook
As long as I can forget what I called mine,
I should be able to start sleeping at night.
And now I lie, lie to myself in the middle of the night.
Thinking maybe if I tried something different, then you'd still be mine.
Try as long as hard as I might,
I know I've been wasting time.
*(Background vocals: "Wasting time... still be mine... sleeping at night...")*
## Verse 2
Memories like shadows follow me around,
Every corner of this city holds me down.
Got your voice still echoing in my head,
Conversations replaying on repeat instead
Of moving forward, I'm stuck in rewind,
Scrolling through photos, torturing my mind.
Told my homies I'm good, that's just another lie.
Truth is I'm drowning and too drained to try.
## Bridge
Days turn to weeks, weeks turn to months,
Still can't shake these feelings that I want
To go back, rewrite history with you in it,
But clocks don't reverse, just gotta finish it.
## Freestyle Verse
*("Yeah, let it out...")*
Mind racing faster than I can control,
Pen to the paper as I bare my soul.
No filter, no edits, this is raw emotion,
Drowning in memories like I'm lost in an ocean.
Been stuck in this cycle, same thoughts every night,
Questioning decisions, wondering what if I might—
Have said something different, could've changed our path,
Now these broken pieces are all that I have.
Every day's a struggle just to keep it together,
These storms in my head like the worst kind of weather.
*("Talk to 'em!")*
So I spit these bars to help process the pain,
Hoping someday soon I won't feel this same strain.
They say expression heals what time cannot mend,
So I flow 'til these wounds finally start to end.
## Verse 3
They say time heals all wounds but that's not true,
'Cause I'm still here bleeding over you.
Therapist telling me to let it all go,
But how to release what's become part of my soul?
Nights get longer when you're fighting your thoughts,
Battling demons that you never even caught.
Write these lines just to keep myself sane,
Turn this pain into art through this refrain.
## Hook (Repeat)
As long as I can forget what I called mine,
I should be able to start sleeping at night.
And now I lie, lie to myself in the middle of the night.
Thinking maybe if I tried something different, then you'd still be mine.
Try as long as hard as I might,
I know I've been wasting time.
*(Background vocals: "Wasting time... still be mine... sleeping at night...")*
## Outro
So long as I... (echo fades)
*(Background vocals: "So long... so long...")*
*(Instrumental with fading heartbeat sound)*
WORLDPATTERNZ
