[Intro – airy, echo-drenched] Floatin’ through the fallout of a fantasy fracture... Yeah... Some dreams don’t break clean... they bruise... [Hook – melodic, hypnotic] Dream damage... I was sleepwalkin’ through the flames Chasin’ halos, now they circle me in pain Clouds heavy, every silver got a stain I was touchin’ heaven, now it don’t feel the same Dream damage... still driftin’ through the glow Love felt infinite, now it’s fractional Fell for illusions, now I overlap the ghost I was livin’ in a dream I couldn’t hold [Verse 1 – storytelling, Nas-style introspection] I painted futures in the margins of my madness Blueprints in my sleep, built a palace outta fragments Every kiss a contract, every promise felt elastic Till the fabric tore slow — now it’s tragic, not magic I was lucid with the vision, but the vision wasn’t lucid Cupid with a glitch, shootin’ arrows that was useless Fell in love with the idea, not the human — that’s the blueprint Now I’m boxed in the echo of a “what if” — that’s the nuisance Neon nostalgia, drownin’ in the aura Shorty was a mirage, I was drinkin’ all the water Thirst got eternal when desire met disorder Now my reflection lookin’ foreign in the border of the mirror I was buildin’ constellations outta temporary stars Tryna map forever with a moment from afar Every “I love you” hit like fentanyl to scars Now I detox from a dream, still addicted to the art [Hook – melodic, layered harmonies] Dream damage... I was sleepwalkin’ through the flames Chasin’ halos, now they circle me in pain Clouds heavy, every silver got a stain I was touchin’ heaven, now it don’t feel the same Dream damage... still driftin’ through the glow Love felt infinite, now it’s fractional Fell for illusions, now I overlap the ghost I was livin’ in a dream I couldn’t hold [Verse 2 – denser bars, punchlines + wordplay] I got bruises on my psyche, beauty cut me microscopic She was poetry in motion, I was commas in the logic Every pause felt iconic, every flaw turned ironic Now the silence scream louder than the love ever promised I was sky-high schemin’, eyes wide dreamin’ She was “ride or die,” but the ride had a meanin’ Death to the illusion, resurrection of the feelin’ Now I’m haunted by a high I can’t relive in the evenin’ I made myth outta memory, gold outta grief Turned a spark to a sun, now it’s cold underneath Every bar got a scar, every line got a leak I was rich in the moment, now I’m broke in my sleep That’s dream damage — luxury pain in a velvet disguise Where the truth get blurred when you embellish the lies I was chasin’ somethin’ real through surreal alibis Now I’m wide awake, but I’m dead in the eyes [Bridge – airy, melodic, almost whispered] Was it love or just the light bendin’? Was it us or just the night endin’? I held smoke like it might stay solid Now I’m breathin’ in regret, feel hollow Echoes of a “forever” I imagined Now it’s never — that’s the cost of dream damage [Hook – final, layered + emotional peak] Dream damage... I was sleepwalkin’ through the flames Chasin’ halos, now they circle me in pain Clouds heavy, every silver got a stain I was touchin’ heaven, now it don’t feel the same Dream damage... still driftin’ through the glow Love felt infinite, now it’s fractional Fell for illusions, now I overlap the ghost I was livin’ in a dream I couldn’t hold [Outro – fading, ambient] Some dreams don’t die… They just linger in the bloodstream... Yeah... dream damage...
