[Intro - 0:02-0:15] [A lonely, detuned guitar pluck. Vinyl crackle. A lighter flick. A deep exhale.] [Vocal: Mumbled, close to the mic, almost a whisper] (Eh-m-pty...) (Yeah...) [Chorus 1] [The User’s Hook - The Beat Drops heavy and sluggish here] You don’t have to be who they want you to be. What happened to the girl inside, who’d you happen to be? In the mirror, in your eyes, who you happen to see? It’s empty, it’s empty, it’s eh-m-pty. [Verse 1] [Beat strips back. Just a snap and a sub-bass.] Mama signed the paper, yeah, she gave away the pen. Said, "Baby, you’re a star," but she didn’t say when. Selling off the photos of the skin and the bone. Now you’re sitting in a mansion, but you’re sitting all alone. Looking at the feedback, scrolling through the hate. Eating off a silver, cold, lonely little plate. Yeah, the camera loves you, it’s a hell of a view. But tell me, is there anybody looking back at you? [Chorus 2] [The User’s Second Hook - Layered vocals, harmonies added] I see you, I see who you happened to be. I seen it before, yeah, it happened to me. There’s still a boy inside, yeah, in the mirror, yeah he happened to see. It was empty, yeah, it’s empty, it’s eh-m-pty. [Verse 2] [Flow gets a little faster, more melodic] Yeah, I bought the ticket too, I paid the cover charge. Living in the bubble, yeah, we living large. But the bubble has a leak, and the air’s getting thin. I forgot where I end, and where the brand begins. So I look at you, and I feel the same sting. A marionette dancing on a diamond string. We could cut the cord, yeah, we could walk away. But we frozen in the ice, and we begging to stay. [Bridge] [Music drops out. Just the "Eh-m-pty" vocal chopped and screwed] (Eh-m-pty...) (Eh-m-pty...) (It’s just a shell game, baby.) (Who’d you happen to be?) (Who’d you happen to be?) [Chorus 3] [Full energy. Sad but anthem-like. Everyone singing along in the bar.] You don’t have to be who they want you to be. What happened to the girl inside, who’d you happen to be? In the mirror, in your eyes, who you happen to see? It’s empty, it’s empty, it’s eh-m-pty. [Outro] [Guitar fades. Vocal repeats the stutter until it glitches out] It happened to me. It happened to see. It’s eh-m-pty. Eh-m-pty. (Yeah.) [Silence]
