Intro]
[no vocals for 4 sec]
(Cold, eerie music box, vinyl crackle)
(Male Voice, low, distant reverb)
They ask why I'm like this... but they don't wanna know.
Mask on, fam. Can't let the real me show.
[Chorus]
(Heavy sliding 808s, sharp hi-hats, eerie children's chant)
Everything fake, everything a show,
Mask on my face, but the pain's on low.
Forgot who I am, now I'm lost in the code,
Yeah, it's all a facade... but the mask gotta stay on.
[Verse 1]
aggressive male rap, deadpan, no melody, dry vocal, gritty UK delivery]
You don't get it, mandem. You ask why I'm cold?
Smile in your face but my heart's bought and sold.
Living with a demon, fed by the stress,
Can't remember the day that I actually felt blessed.
Bare different faces, but none of them me,
Built up this ghost so the crowd could agree.
It's all a front, man, the mask never falls,
Trapped in my mind while I'm pacing these walls.
[Pre-Chorus]
(Atmospheric, high reverb, snare rolls building tension)
I laugh while I'm crying,
I'm silent but dying,
Time's standing still while the world keeps on flying...
[Chorus]
(Full beat drop, heavy 808 distortion)
Everything fake, everything a show,
Mask on my face, but the pain's on low.
Forgot who I am, now I'm lost in the code,
Yeah, it's all a facade... but the mask gotta stay on.
[Instrumental break 4 sec]
[heavy 808 slide, no vocals]
[Verse 2]
[Faster, double-time flow, crisp rimshots]
[aggressive male rap, deadpan, no melody, dry vocal, gritty UK delivery]
I show you the life that you want me to live,
But it's all cap, fam, I got nothing to give.
Mask getting heavy, this weight on my chest,
Lies made me numb, man, I can't even rest.
That's the curse that I wear, yeah, it's deep in my skin,
Blinded by shadows and the web that I spin,
Cah it's all fake... nothing real left within.
[Pre-Chorus]
(Atmospheric, beat cuts out, only bass pad)
I laugh while I'm crying,
I'm silent but dying,
Time's standing still while the world keeps on flying..
[Chorus]
(Final explosive drop)
Everything fake, everything a show,
Mask on my face, but the pain's on low.
Forgot who I am, now I'm lost in the code,
Yeah, it's all a facade... but the mask gotta stay on.
[no vocals for 4 sec]
[Outro]
(Melancholic piano chords, 808s fading out)
Everything fake... everything a show,
But the mask gotta stay on...
Nah, it won't fall...
(Music box sound cuts sharply)
Jovo