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SECONDHAND MIND

[Intro] [Verse 1] Someone said it on a screen I said it back like it was mine The joke landed clean Nobody asked where it came from Words from the feed caught in my throat I swallowed them down until they tasted like me The algorithm learned what stops me Now it shows me back to myself I didn't notice I was building a face From pieces that were never mine Wearing borrowed skin like it fit [Pre-Chorus] You think you're choosing But you're just echoing What they already planted [Chorus] I speak in voices that aren't mine I move in rhythms I didn't feel Built myself from things I consumed Without knowing The thoughts taste like they're mine Because I've said them out loud Some selves come together quietly Before you know you're gone Living with a secondhand mind [Verse 2] My friend laughed at a video I laughed the same way Neither of us knew the source We were just repeating The teacher told us how to think The comment section nodded along I raised my hand with their words My convictions weren't real The trend faded but I stayed moving Still playing for an empty room Still waiting for approval from nothing From machines that learned my face [Pre-Chorus] It arrives without a name Lives inside like it always did You hold it close because Letting it go hurts more [Chorus] I speak in voices that aren't mine I move in rhythms I didn't feel Built myself from things I consumed Without knowing The thoughts taste like they're mine Because I've said them out loud Some selves come together quietly Before you know you're gone Living with a secondhand mind [Verse 3] I opened my mouth and heard a stranger Defended something I don't believe The words felt solid Because someone else spoke them first Every scroll rewrites what I am Every like becomes part of me I'm made of half-finished videos A patchwork of things I never completed My reflection is everyone else My voice is borrowed breath I don't know where I stop And where the noise begins [Bridge] A voice that sounds familiar That was never yours An opinion you defend That you don't understand The world changes while you sleep Rewrites who you are You became someone else's song Singing words you never read Moving to a beat You can't hear anymore There's no moment it started Just a slow bleed Into someone else's reflection That looks back like it's you [Final Chorus] I don't know whose voice this is Don't know what I actually want Assembled myself from fragments Forgot to ask if I existed first The jacket fits perfectly The words come out like truth Something inside you so gently That you never notice it's working I'm wearing a self I didn't build Living words I didn't choose And I can't find where the boundaries are Because they don't exist The real fear isn't being secondhand It's not knowing what first would feel like Living with a secondhand mind [Outro] "whose voice" "what do I want" "where does it end" "where do I start" "Living with a secondhand mind"