Funeral For the Lie

[Intro]
I see your name etched in obsidian night
Polished smile, borrowed light

[Verse 1]
You draped success like shrouds of silk
Laughed with ghosts, sipped from gilded milk
Every triumph a candle on a tomb
As if no one ever bore the gloom
I lingered in catacombs of our past
Danced with shadows that forever last
You climbed fast on fragile ground
I learned what silence sounds like underground

[Pre-Chorus 1]
I don’t miss you — I miss the lie
The hollow version that couldn’t survive

[Chorus 1]
You’re moving onward, upward, robed in light
I stand among mausoleums of your flight
I bled in crypts you never saw
Forged my spine among the bones you made
You float above, untouched, refined
I mourn the void you abandoned

[Verse 2]
Your future glows like staged decay
All gloss, no weight, drifting away
I see the cracks beneath your gilded mask
I carried truth while you performed your task
Every promise fell like autumn leaves
You discarded me too, then whispered “believe”
I stayed to learn what endings mean
You called escape the art of being clean

[Pre-Chorus 2]
If this is victory, keep your crown
I found more wisdom standing in the ground

[Chorus 2]
You’re moving onward, upward, burning bright
I’m still digging through the ashes of your light
I won’t pretend the scars aren’t deep
You razed the bridge; I mapped the grief
You ascended above, I stayed behind
Forged strength from what you abandoned

[Bridge]
Candles tremble in midnight halls
Whispers coil like smoke around the grave
Memory sharpens the ceremonial knife
Not to bleed — but to reclaim my life
I trace the ruins of what I outgrew
Buried beneath, yet ever true

[Chorus 3]
You’re moving onward, upward — that’s your path
Leaving ruins veiled in midnight’s wrath
I won’t chase what hollowed out
I’m still here — still clawing free
You stole the air, you stole the fire
I learned to breathe among funeral pyres

[Chorus 4 – Outro]
You’re moving onward, upward, robed in grace
I stand among crypts where truth still stays
No illusions, no disguise