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Static in the Mirror

[Intro | spoken | soft piano] I don’t even know who I’m lookin’ at lately ⸻ [Verse 1 | mid-tempo | tight cadence | controlled intensity] Look in the mirror, I don’t recognize who I’m seein’ All of that weight that I carried still stuck in my breathin’ All of that stress that I buried still runnin’ beneath it Fightin’ to live, now I’m numb and I don’t even feel it Used to blame everything, call it fate, call it luck Now I’m lookin’ back and I see how I built it all up Every habit, every move, every time that I ran Built the man lookin’ back, I don’t know who I am I was lost in a cycle, I couldn’t break it Tried to outrun all the pain, couldn’t shake it Now I’m face to the truth and I gotta face it Built who I am… I don’t even embrace it I know it’s me, I ain’t shiftin’ the blame But acceptance and regret don’t feel the same I can see what I need, I just don’t know the way And that mirror keep reflectin’ everything I became ⸻ [Pre-Chorus] I’m here… lookin’ face to face now Same pain… just a new weight now Mirror talk, I can’t tune it out And I don’t even know my way right now ⸻ [Chorus] I’m surrounded, but it’s all me now Different versions and they all speak loud Like static runnin’ through my bloodstream now Tryna fix what I can’t rewrite now Lookin’ back at what I’ve become Parts of me that I can’t outrun Tryna change but I’m still that one I don’t even know who I trust ⸻ [Verse 2 | mid-tempo flow | anchor cadence] I’m in my head and I’m caught in the middle of versions One that was lost and one that is learnin’ One that was stuck in the weight of the burden One that’s aware but still feel uncertain Back to the mirror, I’m watchin’ the shifts Every reflection is slightly adrift I’m morphin’, don’t know who I’m turnin’ into And it’s showin’, but nobody see what I’ve been through… I’m blendin’ in clean but it feel like a stage Playin’ a role, I’m just stuck in a phase Keep it composed, keep it smooth, keep it ordered But under it everything breakin’, distorted… I say what I’m supposed to, I do what I should But none of it hit like it used to feel good It’s like I’m performin’, recordin’ it all But I don’t even feel like I fully understood ⸻ [Pre-Chorus] I’m here… lookin’ face to face now Same pain… just a new weight now Mirror talk, I can’t tune it out And I don’t even know my way right now ⸻ [Chorus] I’m surrounded, but it’s all me now Different versions and they all speak loud Like static runnin’ through my bloodstream now Tryna fix what I can’t rewrite now Lookin’ back at what I’ve become Parts of me that I can’t outrun Tryna change but I’m still that one I don’t even know who I trust ⸻ [Verse 3 | same cadence as Verse 2 | resolution] I’m startin’ to see what I couldn’t before All of the damage was openin’ doors Every mistake that I carried in war Built the foundation I’m standin’ on more I ain’t the same, but I’m still that kid Still got the weight of the things I did Still got the voice in the back that lives But now I’m learnin’ to answer it I used to run from the parts I hate Now I’m breakin’ ‘em down, I’m facin’ the weight Every version of me had a part to play Now I’m buildin’ a path I can finally take I ain’t fixed, but I’m closer than ever I ain’t whole, but I’m holdin’ it better All that pain, all that pressure together Turned me into someone built for whatever ⸻ [Outro | soft piano | reflective] Static in the mirror… But I’m finally hearin’ it clear