[Intro]
[ (cigarette lighter flick, long exhale) ]
Yeah…
Don’t start.
[Verse 1]
Another day, another mess to ignore
Same old faces, same old wars
I used to care, that version is dead
Now I just light one up and keep walking instead
You want a speech? You want a fight?
I’m fresh out of both, and I don’t feel polite
Save the drama for somebody else
I’m already gone, talking to myself
[Pre-Chorus]
Don’t ask me why, don’t ask me how
I burned that page, I’m over it now
[Chorus]
Whatever…
I said whatever
Smoke in my lungs and static in my head
Whatever…
Yeah, whatever
Nothing’s forever, so leave me for dead
I ain’t mad, I ain’t sad, I’m just done
Whatever
[Verse 2]
They talk about hope like it’s something you hold
I held it once, watched it turn cold
Now every promise sounds cheap in my ear
I’d rather stay quiet and disappear
You can scream, you can pray, you can beg for a spark
I’m sitting in the dark finishing this mark
Don’t need a reason, don’t need a plan
Just ash on the floor and an empty hand
[Pre-Chorus]
Don’t ask me why, don’t ask me how
I burned that page, I’m over it now
[Chorus]
Whatever…
I said whatever
Smoke in my lungs and static in my head
Whatever…
Yeah, whatever
Nothing’s forever, so leave me for dead
I ain’t mad, I ain’t sad, I’m just done
Whatever
[Instrumental Break]
(sparse guitar and distant beat, long smoke exhale, 6 bars of pure emptiness)
[Final Chorus]
Whatever…
I said whatever
Smoke in my lungs and static in my head
Whatever…
Yeah, whatever
Nothing’s forever, so leave me for dead
I ain’t mad, I ain’t sad, I’m just done
(soft, flat)
Whatever
[Outro]
[ (last exhale, voice almost gone) ]
…yeah.
Whatever.