[Verse 1] [melodic, bleak]
I wake up feeling like I never slept,
Just drifted through another night of hell.
These thoughts keep clawing at the back of my skull,
Like they’re begging me to slip, begging me to fell.
I try to breathe, but the air won’t stay,
It trembles like I do, then fades away.
Every heartbeat feels like a warning sign—
Like I’m running out of time, running out of time…
[Pre-Chorus]
I’m scared of what I think when I’m alone,
Scared of the places my mind goes.
Every failure echoes louder,
And the dread… it never slows.
[Chorus] [big, emotional]
There’s a darkness in my chest
That whispers I’m to blame—
And the shadows start to gather,
Calling out my name.
I’m fighting for a breath
In a world that feels so cold…
Trying not to let the weight of me
Pull me through the floor.
[Verse 2] [rap metal, sharp and personal]
I’m tired of pretending that I’m fine,
When I’m sinking like a stone inside my mind.
Pressure building up like a bomb in my chest,
Every thought a trigger I’m trying to suppress.
People tell me “hold on,” like I ain’t been trying—
Like I don’t stay awake to keep myself from dying.
I’m running from a war that nobody sees,
’Cause the battlefield is buried
Six feet deep in me.
[Breakdown] [heavy, screamed]
I’m not okay—
But I’m still here.
Fighting back the voice that whispers: disappear.
These scars inside, they never fade—
But I’m still breathing through the blade.
[Chorus]
There’s a darkness in my chest
That whispers I’m to blame—
And the shadows start to gather,
Calling out my name.
I’m fighting for a breath
In a world that feels so cold…
Trying not to let the weight of me
Pull me through the floor.
[Bridge] [soft, hopeless but honest]
If I break, if I fall—
Will anyone notice at all?
Or will I fade, quietly—
Into the place that’s swallowing me?
[Outro] [bare, almost whispered]
I’m trying just to stay awake,
To keep the fear from taking shape.
And though the shadows call my name—
I’m begging them…
Not today.
DeadButDreaming
