[Intro: 8 bars, lonely piano, cold pads, rising sub, no vocals] [Low smoky female voice, almost spoken] Yeah... Some things never leave. [808 drops, sparse dry drums] [Verse 1: Cold, restrained, precise flow] I walked out of the fog with a blade in my hand Had to bury who I was just to know where I stand Got a name on my mind that I'll never forgive Guess we'll settle it in heaven if we both make it in [Hi-hats tighten, bass grows rougher] I keep smiling through the anger, they don't notice when I slip Got a thousand things to say but I keep biting on my lip Everything I ever promised, I delivered, never missed I don't need another witness, I got proof that I exist [Mid-cut: Dead silence] [Instrumental: 4 bars, sliding 808, two-note piano] [Verse 2: Faster, sharper, controlled anger] God forgive my temper, I can feel it in my veins Every time the pressure rises, something breaks inside my brain Tie me down like Ulysses when the sirens start to sing I could lose a little patience, lose control of everything [Drums thin, distant piano returns] Got my father's stubborn pride and my mother's sleepless nights Learned to live without affection, learned to call it being fine He gave me back my heart, I didn't even ask him why Funny how you stop hurting when you've already cried all night [Instrumental: 4 bars, warm bass and mournful piano] [Verse 3: Low, emotional, syncopated] Blood and sweat and tears, you still demanded something more Had to build myself a shelter out of everything you tore All the people I once trusted took a different road from mine Maybe we'll cross paths in Rome, maybe somewhere down the line [Subtle darkwave synths, slow kick] Came home late with trembling hands, couldn't tell you where I'd been Put the stories on my body, wrote the pain inked my skin Tried to drown another memory at the bottom of a glass But the sorrow learned to swim and every bottle emptied fast [Instrumental: 8 bars, hypnotic 808, descending piano, distant guitar] [Breakdown: Only sub pulse and cold pads] [Verse 4: Intimate near-whisper, long pauses] I smoke to make the minutes stop, to make the silence last My mind's a dangerous neighborhood, don't wander inside Sometimes I rub my eyes when I look at this life Trying to leave something good while the sand runs dry [Instrumental: 4 bars, filtered bass, detuned piano] [Verse 5: Soft, reflective, almost spoken] Sitting in the grass beside him, watching clouds across the sky Thinking, is this how normal life feels ? [Pause: One bar, piano only] I stop when impossible prices become ordinary bills [Quiet drums return, warmer synth chords] I used to think the price of freedom was a number on a page Now I know the cost of silence, know the weight of all this rage I don't dream of being famous, I don't need another stage All I want is one good morning where I don't feel twice my age [Instrumental: 4 bars, rising bass riff, crisp percussion] [Verse 6: Technical flow, tension growing] I left a part of who I was beneath the Roman sky Saw the Colosseum standing, all those centuries gone by Like Donnie saw the countdown, watched the future passing through If the ending's already written, I'll decide what I should do [Hard kick returns, synth pulse grows darker] She said hold me like you mean it, don't just tell me that you care I've been carrying the weight of things that nobody could bear Got a body full of fractures, got a mind that never rests Every night another battle with the ghosts inside my chest [Mid-cut: One beat of complete silence] [Beat switch: 8 bars, distorted 808, fast hats, hard dry snare] [Verse 7: Aggressive female rap, punchy cadence] Pretty dresses never mattered, neither did expensive shoes I've seen monsters wearing suits and shaking hands across the room Everybody asks if I'm okay, but nobody wants the truth They just want another answer they can comfortably excuse [Double-time drums, bass slides harder] I've been smoking through the evenings, feeling rhythms in my chest Blue skies hanging over me, still looking like a mess Had to learn to ask for help instead of calling it defeat Being strong ain't never meant you had to suffer silently [Mid-cut: Silence, one distant piano note] [Instrumental: 4 bars, lonely piano and dark pads] [Final Verse: Tired intimate contralto, minimal percussion] Sometimes I see a cliff and wonder why the silence looks so deep Then I think of all the little things I promised I would keep You could listen to a hundred songs and never hear my pain You could stand beside me every night and never know my name [Soft kick returns, warm bass underneath] I don't hate the ones who left, I just remember what they chose Some were only there for summer, some stayed standing in the snow I don't need to make a scene, I don't need to let them know The ones who really know me never needed me to show [Outro: 8 instrumental bars, lonely piano, fading 808, no voice] [Final bass hit]
