[Intro – Spoken / Soft Vocals]
Yeah… yeah…. Exile
Smiles can lie
Scars don’t show on the outside
But I feel ‘em every night
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[Verse 1 – cinematic orchestra strings, Rap (NF style)]
I wake up, put the mask on, play pretend
Tell the world I’m fine, but I’m breakin’ again
Got a war in my head that nobody can see
And the battlefield’s bloody, but they say, “Just breathe”
Walkin’ through crowds, but I’m stuck in my thoughts
Everyone’s talkin’, I’m hearin’ it not
They tell me I’m strong, but I’m barely afloat
I laugh at the jokes, but I’m dead in my soul
They say “count your blessings,” I count regrets
Tryna rewrite pain, but it inks every step
My mind’s like a prison, I’m stuck in the cell
Shoutin’ for help but it echoes in hell
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[Chorus – Melodic (Juice WRLD vibe)]
I’m alive on the outside, dead within
Smilin’ wide while I drown in sin
Say I’m fine but I’m losin’ again
Yeah, I’m losin’ again…
Got a heart that beats but it feels so numb
Look alive but the damage done
Can’t run from the place I’ve been
I’m alive on the outside…
Dead within
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[Verse 2 – Melodic/Rap blend]
Told my friends I’m good, they believed that lie
But the truth is buried, six feet high
I got dreams, yeah, but they rot like weeds
Hope fades fast when the soul can’t breathe
Tryna light my path with a broken flame
Feelin’ like I’m cursed, stuck in shame
Love don’t fix what’s cracked inside
And time don’t heal what I try to hide
I sip on pain like it’s medicine
Talk to the sky but it don’t let me in
Voices in my head, man, they all sound real
Tell me I’ll break before I ever heal
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[Chorus – Melodic (Juice WRLD vibe)]
I’m alive on the outside, dead within
Smilin’ wide while I drown in sin
Say I’m fine but I’m losin’ again
Yeah, I’m losin’ again…
Got a heart that beats but it feels so numb
Look alive but the damage done
Can’t run from the place I’ve been
I’m alive on the outside…
Dead within
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[Bridge – complex drum solo, Spoken / Whispered Vocals]
They see me smile, but they don’t see the war
They see the light, but they don’t feel the storm
I’m scream-silent in a crowded room
Alive, but this feels like a tomb
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[Final Chorus – Broken, raw delivery]
Alive on the outside, dead within
Prayin’ for peace that’ll never begin
Try to fly but I got no wings
No halo, just haunted sins
I’m alive on the outside…
But I’m dead, dead within…
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EXXILE
