VERSE 1 Wake up feeling like a crime-scene bruise Nerves screaming in a language I didn’t choose Drag my body like a corpse on a string Every small move feels like a punishment swing PRE-CHORUS And they say “you look fine” like that means a damn thing Bleeding in the shadows where no one ever looks CHORUS This is hell wrapped in skin And I’m trapped here again They call me lazy while I’m choking just to breathe I rot in a body that refuses to obey Every dream I had just slips away This pain is a kingdom and I’m its prey Tell me how I’m supposed to stay VERSE 2 Fatigue hits harder than the darkest night Like someone cut the wiring to my fight I’m a ghost in the place I used to run Begging my bones to remember how to stay alive PRE-CHORUS And I hate the way I swallow my own doubt Like I’m the problem they’re whispering about CHORUS This is hell wrapped in skin And I’m trapped here again They call me lazy while I’m choking just to breathe I rot in a body that refuses to obey Every dream I had just slips away This pain is a kingdom and I’m its prey Tell me how I’m supposed to stay BRIDGE Grief burns deeper than the ache in my spine I mourn my life like it flatlined Depression’s claws sink in, anxiety bites I’m haunted by versions of me I’ll never resurrect And I’m tired—god, I’m tired—of proving I’m real Of begging the world to validate what I feel FINAL CHORUS This is hell wrapped in skin And I can’t break from within Let them talk, let them doubt, let them twist what they see They’ll never know the war that lives inside of me I rot in a body I can’t escape Every step forward turns into another mistake This pain is a kingdom and I’m its prey But I wake up, cursed, and fight anyway
