[Verse 1] there’s a hum inside the ceiling like it’s breathing over me every second feels uneven like it skips at “three” i tried counting all the moments just to prove i’m still here but the numbers keep dissolving when they get too clear and the air is getting thinner or maybe i just forgot how to hold it in my lungs without tying it in knots i pace circles in my room, my room same four corners, same dull view but they never look the same twice [Pre-refrain] i blink once, it shifts i blink twice, i’m gone somewhere in between is where i don’t belong [Refrain] it goes on, no no never asks me to stay just rewinds the same mistake every time i try to change i turn down every sound til’ it’s barely even there but the silence gets so loud it’s like it’s everywhere [Verse 2] i told you i was fine said it light, said it quick like a line i memorized just to make it stick but the mirror caught the timing just a fraction off-beat like it waited half a second just to disagree silly… silly… silly… how i argue with glass like it holds a better version of a self i never had my reflection’s always late never moves when i do like it’s stuck in yesterday watching something i outgrew or maybe i’m the late one maybe i’m the delay maybe i’m the echo of a voice that couldn’t stay [Pre-chorus] there’s a crack in the image but it’s not on the screen it’s somewhere in the space where i thought i would be [Chorus] dreams are for people who actually sleep dream mine just buffer, cut, and repeat… sleep i press start, i press start, i press start breathe but it reloads every time i leave game every level looks the same to me name i forgot what they used to call me save doesn’t work no matter how i try stay but it kicks me out every time mmm… i… reset… [Post-chorus] (back to the start) (back to the start) it whispers low “you won’t get far” [Verse 3] there’s a version of me somewhere that got out of this maze took a turn i didn’t notice found a door i couldn’t face i can almost see the outline in the corner of my sight but it disappears completely every time i look right and the clock won’t move forward it just trembles in place like it’s scared of what’ll happen if it lets me escape i tried breaking all the patterns changed the steps, changed the pace but the floor just rearranges every time that i stray [Breakdown] (low, fragmented) don’t think about it don’t name the feeling don’t give it shape don’t give it meaning just move, just move even if it’s fake just breathe, just breathe even if it breaks (whisper) it’s watching how long you can take [Bridge] if i lose, no one notices it just fades into the loop if i win, there’s no difference just another point to prove there’s no score, there’s no ending no one claps, no one stays just a quiet kind of nothing stretching out for days and days so why do i keep reaching? why do i press “try again”? when i know the path will fold and erase me at the end is it hope or just a habit? is it fear of letting go? or the thought that if i stop now there’s no “me” left to know [Chorus] dreams are for people who actually sleep dream mine just flicker, fracture, repeat… sleep i press start, i press start, i press start breathe but it drags me back underneath game endless rooms i’ve already seen name doesn’t sound like it belongs to me save greyed out every single time stay but it resets on every line mmm… i… reset… [Outro / slow fall] one more try one more try just one more and i’ll get it right one more step one more line maybe this time it’ll realign …no (back again) [instrumental] [Coda] finally… the noise gets tired before i do and in that small fading space where nothing loops and nothing waits i almost- almost fall into sleep
