[verse 1: breathy, intimate, narrow stereo, low‑passed synths] I get tight in the chest when the day leans in, Like the walls know the secrets that I’m holding in. I go quiet in the noise, fading out of the frame, Everything around me distant, but it hits me the same. [pre-chorus: whispered tension, rising shimmer, beat thins] And the room pulls in, heartbeat thin, I feel myself go quiet again. I’m here but I’m not, watching myself, And I need somewhere [chorus: wide, bright, neon pads, mantra‑style lift] I escape into the unreal when the pressure starts to bite, When my heartbeat turns to static and the room pulls in too tight. I’ve been fading in the daylight, losing edges in the strain, So I fall into the unreal just to breathe again, again. In the unreal I’m louder, in the unreal I rise, All the weight upon my chest melts like shadows off my spine. I’ve been shrinking in the real world, but I spark when I exhale, So I run into the unreal just to breathe again, inhale. [verse 2: half‑time drift, dreamlike, slightly detached] I drift back through the daylight with the night still in my veins, Half here and half in places where the world won’t say my name. Every step feels hollow, like I’m walking through a dream, And the unreal pulls me closer than the places I’ve been seen. [bridge: intimate confession, stripped back, heartbeat kick + pad] I’m clearer in the shadows, louder in the glow, More myself in the places where the real world doesn’t go. I don’t mean to drift away, but the distance feels like home, And the unreal pulls me closer than the life I’ve always known. [final chorus: full lift, widest stereo, layered harmonies] I escape into the unreal ’cause it’s where I come alive, Where the static in my heartbeat turns to something I can drive. I’ve been fading in the daylight, losing edges in the strain, But I rise inside the unreal and I breathe again, again. In the unreal I’m certain, in the unreal I’m whole, Every shadow that I carry falls away from my control. I’ve been shrinking in the real world, but I spark when I exhale, So I stay inside the unreal just to breathe again, inhale. [outro: drifting, unresolved, filtered vocals, dissolving pads] I breathe again… inhale… Lights flicker at the edges… pulling me away… I’m here, but I’m not… and the unreal knows my name… [fade] [end]
