[Intro – soft piano and guitar bleed-in] [Verse 1] I shake hands with the faces that forget me, Sign my name like it still means a thing. Every cheer just echoes empty, Every night’s a hollow ring. [Chorus] The cracks in the mirror, they’re widening now, Show the truth I keep pushing down. I’m the story they sell, I’m the part I play, But the man underneath just fades away. [Verse 2] There’s a line between love and survival, And I crossed it somewhere last year. Woke up rich and yet in denial, Trading warmth for the roar I hear. [Chorus] The cracks in the mirror, they’re widening now, Show the truth I keep pushing down. I’m the story they sell, I’m the part I play, But the man underneath just fades away. [Instrumental Solo] [Bridge – muted guitar, vocal close-mic’d] Take my crown, take the noise, Leave me the quiet, leave me a voice. If I fall tonight, don’t call it art— It’s just me breaking apart. [Chorus – full band returns] The cracks in the mirror, they’re widening now, Show the truth I keep pushing down. I’m the story they sell, I’m the part I play, But the man underneath just fades away. [Chorus – full band returns] The cracks in the mirror, they’re widening now, Show the truth I keep pushing down. I’m the story they sell, I’m the part I play, But the man underneath just fades away. [Outro – piano and faint crowd noise fading] Fade to black, cue the smile, I’ve been gone for quite a while. They’ll clap, I’ll bow, And disappear somehow.
