(Intro: A low, heavy, distorted guitar riff hits with a dragging, mid-tempo beat. The bass is thick and dominant. The sound is weighed down, reflecting the theme of defeat.) (Verse 1: The Internal Audit) (N.C.)Yo, sunrise hits the window, and the first thought is shame, Looking at the mirror, trying to remember the name. They had expectations, man, they wrote the whole script, But I missed every cue and the narrative just slipped. I compare the vision to the reality I'm in, The gap is a canyon, and the failure is the sin. Every promise is a ghost, every choice is a crack, I’m walking uphill, but I only look back. I hear the voices of the past, quiet and low, Saying, "We expected more," watchin' the true colors show. (Pre-Chorus) (Dm)I try to pull the mask tight, (Am)pretend I'm moving fast, (G)But the feeling of the letdown (C)is a shadow built to last. (Dm)Yeah, the pressure is immense, (Am)and the fault lies in the core, (E)Wishing I could be the person that they wanted me for. (Chorus) (Music swells—guitars crash, drums hit hard. Vocals are slightly shouted and raw.) (C)I'M THE DISAPPOINTMENT! (G)The error in the code! (Am)The burden on the shoulder, (F)the failure on the road! (C)I took the potential, (G)and I left it to rust! (Am)I can't live up to the hype, (F)I can't live up to the trust! (C)I'm stuck on the frequency, (G)I'm trapped in the sound, (Am)The heaviest weight (F)is the fact that I let everyone down! (Verse 2: The Self-Critique) (N.C.)My own worst critic, yeah, I hold the sharpest knife, Cutting through the hope, cutting through the purpose of life. I watch the others climb, they find the rhythm, they soar, While I'm stalled on the runway, wishing for something more. I know the solution, I know the fix to the flaw, But the momentum's gone, defying every law. I'm standing in the wreckage of the things I could achieve, A broken prophecy, nothing left to believe. I try to rationalize, try to talk my way out, But the mirror just reflects the genuine, heavy doubt. (Pre-Chorus) (Dm)I try to pull the mask tight, (Am)pretend I'm moving fast, (G)But the feeling of the letdown (C)is a shadow built to last. (Dm)Yeah, the pressure is immense, (Am)and the fault lies in the core, (E)Wishing I could be the person that they wanted me for. (Chorus) (C)I'M THE DISAPPOINTMENT! (G)The error in the code! (Am)The burden on the shoulder, (F)the failure on the road! (C)I took the potential, (G)and I left it to rust! (Am)I can't live up to the hype, (F)I can't live up to the trust! (C)I'm stuck on the frequency, (G)I'm trapped in the sound, (Am)The heaviest weight (F)is the fact that I let everyone down! (Outro) (Music cuts to just a single, distorted guitar playing a slow, sad, repetitive riff, fading out.) (N.C.)Let everyone down... (N.C.)The heaviest weight... (Silence.)
