[MOOD: Dark, reflective, heavy, late-night commute energy]
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VERSE 1
Six a.m., phone screaming like a warning
Eyes half open, soul still mourning
Same streetlights, same cracked road
Carrying dreams in a backpack full of overload
I clock in with ghosts on my shoulders
Thought I’d feel stronger, just feel older
Back when the haze made time slow
Now time sprinting, I’m chasing it though
Lunch break, silence louder than the room
Scrolling through memories like a tomb
We said “forever” back then, no fear
Now it’s “we gotta link” once a year
Same city, different versions of us
Same pain, just buried in dust
I don’t know when the distance grew
But I feel it every time I think of you
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HOOK
Time don’t stop, and it don’t care
Days fly past like I’m not there
I’m still breathing, but barely alive
Clock keep ticking, eating my life
I don’t quit, even when I’m drained
Push through grief, push through pain
Same place, but the love feels strange
Was it me… or did we change?
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[INSTRUMENTAL NOTE: Beat strips back — low piano, vinyl crackle, sub-bass only]
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VERSE 2
Four p.m., sun still shining
But inside me it’s constant lightning
Body tired, mind won’t rest
Stress piling up on my chest
Used to dream big riding shotgun
Now I drive alone thinking what I’ve become
Friends still close but we far somehow
Same zip code, different lives now
I don’t blame you, I don’t blame me
Just hate how quiet history be
Laughter echoes in empty rooms
Good times fade like cheap perfume
Bills due, grief still unpaid
Smiling at work but my soul delayed
I tell myself “just make it through”
But I been saying that for years now too
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HOOK
Time don’t stop, and it don’t care
Days fly past like I’m not there
I’m still breathing, but barely alive
Clock keep ticking, eating my life
I don’t quit, even when I’m drained
Push through grief, push through pain
Same place, but the love feels strange
Was it me… or did we change?
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[SOUND DESIGN: Low choir pad fades in slowly, heartbeat-style kick]
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BRIDGE (SPOKEN / HALF-SUNG)
I miss the days when the future felt wide
Before survival became the ride
Now I measure hope in hours and pay
Just trying not to waste my life away
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VERSE 3
I’m not broken, just worn thin
Still fighting battles under my skin
Still dreaming quietly in my head
Still scared of ending up misled
If we drifted, I still wish you peace
No hate, just time increasing the space
I’m learning growth don’t feel like pride
Sometimes it feel like staying alive
I do this for the version of me
That believed this grind would set him free
Even if the road don’t change tonight
I’ll walk it slow, but I’ll survive
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OUTRO / FINAL HOOK
Time don’t stop, and it don’t bleed
But it keeps taking pieces of me
Still I stand, even when I’m strained
Learning how to live with change
Same city, shadows rearranged
No clear answer, just what remains
If I lost you somewhere in the rain
Know I tried… even if I changed.
ReapEternal
