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What It Costs in the Mind

[Intro] Yeah… Listen close… don’t miss this… Some pain don’t scream… it echoes. --- [Verse 1] Young soul, cold glow, smile for the crowd though, Mind full, life low, drowning in a loud show, Talk big, walk slow, dreams in the backseat, Night shift, black thoughts racing when the facts meet. He good? nah no, that’s a cover, that’s a mask leak, Laugh track, clap back, hiding what they can’t see, Every “I’m fine” line slipping through his teeth slow, Every night fight right behind that deep glow. Heartbeat skipping like a record on repeat, Feet stuck, heat stuck, panic in the street heat, And nobody knows what the silence really cost him, ‘Cause pain don’t post when it’s buried and it’s lost him. --- [Hook 1] And nobody knows what it costs in the mind, When you’re smiling outside but you’re breaking inside, Hold tight, don’t slide, don’t fade in the noise, You’re more than the pain, you’re more than the voice. Yeah nobody sees what the dark tries to hide, When you’re losing your grip but you’re still tryna ride, Stay up, stay tough, don’t drown in the rain, Even shattered hearts still learn from the pain. --- [Verse 2] Anxiety bites like a cycle on loop, Text gets read, re-read, panic in the group, Heartbeat racing like it’s running from a ghost, Future in the mirror but it hurts the most. Every step calculated, overthinking every move, Even silence in the room got a dangerous groove, Mind doing math on a life that ain’t fair, While the world outside act like nobody cares. Tick tick pressure building in the skull now, Think quick, slip quick, trying not to fall down, But he’s stuck in a loop that won’t let him breathe, Like the air got heavier every time he speaks. --- [Verse 3] Now words turn weapons when they thrown in the air, “Just jokes” but the jokes got him questioning care, One laugh from the crowd, one crack in his name, Now the echo repeats like a permanent shame. Same hall, same call, same pain every day, Same walls, same fall, no escape from the play, And they don’t see the damage in the lines that they say, But the damage don’t fade when they walk away. It sticks to the skin, it rewrites the tone, Turns confident kings into silence alone, And the worst part isn’t even the hit, It’s pretending you’re fine so nobody notices it. --- [Hook 2] And nobody knows what it costs in the mind, When you’re smiling outside but you’re breaking inside, Hold tight, don’t slide, don’t fade in the noise, You’re more than the pain, you’re more than the voice. Yeah nobody sees what the silence can do, When the world keeps moving but it’s leaving you blue, Stay here, don’t fear, don’t fall in the dark, Even lost souls still carry a spark. --- [Verse 4] Scroll life, ghost life, perfect on display, Fake smiles, highlight reels, hiding pain away, Comparison killing every dream in the chest, While they think everybody else is living their best. But nobody posts when they losing the fight, Nobody uploads when they crying at night, So he measures his worth by a screen and a light, While forgetting that real life ain’t always bright. Pressure building up from a digital throne, Feeling less than himself when he’s left alone, But worth ain’t numbers, it’s deeper than fame, It’s existing through storms and still keeping your name. --- [Verse 5] Lonely room, zoomed out, silence too loud, Lost in a crowd but still not found, Thinking maybe he’s broken, maybe not enough, When the truth is he’s human, just learning the rough. Every scar got a meaning, every tear got weight, Every delay ain’t proof of a sealed-up fate, He’s still building himself in the middle of pain, Like flowers still grow in the middle of rain. And the more that he fights through the mental decay, The more that he learns there’s a better way, Not fast, not fake, but steady and real, Learning pain doesn’t define what you feel. --- [Hook 3] And nobody knows what it costs in the mind, But you’re still here breathing, you’re still alive, Hold tight, don’t slide, don’t fade in the noise, You’re more than the pain, you’re more than the voice. Yeah even in darkness you’re not alone, There’s a path through the storm that can lead you home, Don’t break, don’t shake, don’t lose your flame, Even broken souls still rise from the pain. --- [Verse 6] So listen now, I ain’t talking for fun, Every heartbeat you got means the fight ain’t done, You survived every night that tried to take you down, That alone means strength is already found. Don’t bury your voice when it’s begging to speak, Don’t call yourself weak when you’re just feeling weak, ‘Cause the mind plays games but it doesn’t define, The value you carry inside your design. You’re not your thoughts, not the storms in your head, Not the nights when you wish you stayed in bed, You’re the one still here, still standing through pain, Still moving forward through all of the rain. [Outro] Yeah… Don’t leave yet… You matter more than you think.