[Verse 1 – Screamed]
I wake up in the wreckage of a dream I can't remember
With blood on my hands and a halo made of embers
Every step I take’s a rerun of regret
I scream for a sign, but I ain't found it yet
Shadows move when I don’t—am I even here?
A puppet in a play that I forgot to fear
I stitched my mouth shut just to feel in control
But the silence just echoes what I’ll never know
[Rap Verse 1 – Fred Durst-style Flow]
Yeah, I been rollin’ with the wrong thoughts, fightin’ in a dead fog
Dyin’ on a throne made of “might-have-been” monologues
Broke the compass, tossed the map, called it fate
Now I’m stuck in the loop like a glitch in a game
Pride got teeth and it feeds on shame
I been smilin’ through a breakdown, playin’ that game
Talk real loud just to drown my doubt
But I can't hear truth with the lies in my mouth
[Pre-Chorus – Clean/Whispered]
Am I breaking ground, or digging my grave?
Is this a warpath... or a parade?
[Chorus – Melodic Screaming]
I see the ghost of who I was
In the static, in the flood
Watching myself fade from sight
Can’t tell if I’m wrong, can’t prove if I’m right
Caught in the smoke, blind in the fire
Chasing my shadow through razor wire
Falling fast but standing still
Specter in the mirror—was I ever real?
[Verse 2 – Screamed]
I wear my doubt like a crown of thorns
Smiling while my sanity’s getting torn
I’m the king of collapse in a kingdom of rust
Buried alive by the bones of trust
Whispers crawl through the back of my skull
Feeding me echoes till I’m comfortable
I built this cage just to prove I'm free
But I can't escape what I can't unsee
[Rap Verse 2 – Fred Durst-style Flow]
Yo, I’m stuck in rewind, stuck in decline
Feelin’ like I’m drivin’ nails in my own spine
Eyes wide shut while I sabotage my prime
Talk tough, walk rough, but I'm flatlined
I’m a glitch in the system, a bug in the code
Runnin’ from myself down a one-way road
I smile on the surface while I rot below
Like a garden of lies that I still let grow
Yeah—clap back at the mirror when it shows the truth
I'm a fraud in the booth, wearin’ yesterday’s youth
Screamin’ “look at me!” but I can’t look inside
Feelin’ like I'm livin’ but I already died
[Bridge – Screamed with Building Intensity]
Burn the script I never wrote
Hang the hope I couldn’t float
I’m the rust in the crown, the crack in the glass
The ticking bomb in a gilded mask
[Breakdown – Guttural Screams]
Tear out my eyes, still won’t see
Dig my grave in apathy
I watch the fall, but never learn
Too numb to feel the crash and burn
[Chorus – Repeated with More Intensity]
I see the ghost of who I was
In the static, in the flood
Watching myself fade from sight
Can’t tell if I’m wrong, can’t prove if I’m right
Caught in the smoke, blind in the fire
Chasing my shadow through razor wire
Falling fast but standing still
Specter in the mirror—was I ever real?
[Outro – Whispered to Screamed]
Was I ever real?
Or just a scream…
in the silence
I failed to feel.
FeedTheLies
