Not Failing

[INTRO – faint static, low hum, distant voice] …still here… …still clocked in… …don’t— [VERSE 1 – grounded, exhausted, real] gave them everything I had in me even when there wasn’t anything kept it quiet, kept it clean never showed what was underneath worked through pain I couldn’t name cut my hours, still the same body breaking, mind goes thin still showed up, still clocked in [PRE – realization, no blame] they didn’t ask, I filled the space ran myself down just to keep the pace [HOOK – restrained but heavy, STCT breaks] I’m not failing— I’m not— …I’m just breaking down held it in no sound till it dragged me to the ground no control can’t slow everything I feel won’t show I’m still here— still here— just don’t feel like I exist right now [DROP – bass pulse, glitch cuts “not failing / still here”] [VERSE 2 – confusion, disconnection] head feels off, I can’t stay locked like I’m watching every thought nothing lands, nothing sticks feel like I’m losing where I am in this fear loops in, won’t let go every second overload I’m not gone but I’m not right like I’m fading in real time [PRE – distorted, layered] not choosing this not giving in just can’t keep up with what I’m in [HOOK – fuller, more desperate] I’m not failing— I’m not— …I’m just breaking down held it in no sound till it dragged me to the ground no control can’t slow everything I feel won’t show I’m still here— still here— just don’t feel like I exist right now [BRIDGE – stripped, honest, almost spoken] I didn’t stop trying… I just ran out of something… [GLITCH BREAK] …stay— …stay— …ST— [FINAL HOOK – emotional peak, raw] not failing— not failing— just can’t— if I slow down will I crash out still here somehow just don’t feel like myself right now [OUTRO – fading static] …clocked in… …still here… …signal weak…