DEAD

[INTRO] Uh... Funny thing about growing... sometimes you don't need more. You need less. [VERSE 1] If I gotta lose myself just to keep you— that's dead. If every time I'm around you I leave less me— that's dead. Called it love, but I was scared to be alone. Called it loyalty, whole time I outgrew the zone. Same job, good check, peace getting taxed. Smile for the meeting, whole spirit collapsed. If the money look right but my inside wrong— I can't keep dancing to the same old song. [PRE-CHORUS] I know what it feels like when something feels good... but ain't good for you. Know what it costs when you keep saying yes... to what keeps shrinking you. So if it feeds my hunger but starves what I'm becoming— I already know what to do. [HOOK] That there is... DEAD. For my soul? Right. Gotta be... DEAD to me. If it pull me down while I'm trying to rise— DEAD. No hate. No war. Just cutting the ties. Gotta be... DEAD to me. Some things gotta die... for the best of me to come alive. [VERSE 2] That bottle saying, “Come on, one more.” That screen saying, “Stay here, don't think.” That voice in my head want the old me back— every appetite don't deserve to eat. Some friends only love you when you're moving low. Start getting disciplined, watch who gotta go. Some rooms need chaos just to call it fun. Some habits keep you busy so you never become. And ego? Ooh... ego got expensive taste. Want the last word, want applause, want a permanent place. But if I gotta lose peace just to prove I'm right— that's a bad little trade for one good night. [PRE-CHORUS] If it keeps me numb... DEAD. If it makes me small... DEAD. If I gotta betray myself just to keep it at all— I already know. [HOOK] That there is... DEAD. For my soul? Right. Gotta be... DEAD to me. If it pull me down while I'm trying to rise— DEAD. No hate. No war. Just cutting the ties. Gotta be... DEAD to me. Some things gotta die... for the best of me to come alive. Wait. I ain't saying I hate what I left. Some of it helped me survive. [REST] But survival ain't always supposed to follow you... into your next life. [BRIDGE] I can thank the old road... and still turn. Love who I was... and still learn. I don't have to curse what I had to release. I just can't let yesterday keep renting space in me. If it blocks the light— let it go. If it hardens the heart— let it go. If the lower me loves it but the higher me knows... then baby... you already know. [FINAL HOOK] That there is... DEAD. For my soul? Right. Gotta be... DEAD to me. Old fear... DEAD. Bad love... DEAD. Anything I gotta become less just to keep— DEAD. No hate. No shame. I'm just choosing what's life. Some things gotta die... for the best of me to come alive. [OUTRO] Dead to me... [BACKGROUND: dead to me] Not because I hate it. Because I finally know what I need. Dead... to me.