Verse 1 Another year carved into my skin, Time didn’t heal me, it just wore me thin. Candles burn low like borrowed breath, Every flame feels closer to death. They ask me smiling, “How does it feel?” I don’t answer things I can’t make real. I’ve seen hope rot, I’ve watched it bend, I stopped asking life how stories end. Chorus I walk through the dark like I always do, I don’t know why I’m still alive — but I do. Give up on your dreams. Existence doesn’t need you. Another year passed in the same cold truth. Verse 2 Birthdays come like checkpoints in war, Counting who I am and who I’m not anymore. Friends fade out, names turn dust, Every promise breaks — eventually rusts. I don’t blow candles, I watch them die, Just like the reasons I stopped asking why. If meaning exists, it skipped my door, Left me breathing but nothing more. Chorus I walk through the dark like I always do, No answers waiting, no clear view. Give up on your dreams. Existence doesn’t need you. Still here somehow — I don’t know why I do. Verse 3 Mirrors show someone I barely know, A face that aged but didn’t grow. I’ve lived whole years inside one night, Learned how to lose without a fight. People celebrate surviving time, I just measure it in scars and signs. Another year closer to nothing at all, Still standing tall while meanings fall. Bridge If life’s a gift, I never signed, If fate exists, it’s poorly designed. No grand ending, no hidden clue, Just days repeating in different hues. The world said quietly, cold and true: Give up on your dreams. Existence doesn’t need you. Final Chorus I walk through the dark like I always do, I don’t know why I’m still alive — but I do. Another year gone, no breakthrough view, Just breath in my lungs and a world untrue. I walk through the dark like I always do, No candles, no wishes, no point to prove. Give up on your dreams. Existence doesn’t need you. Still here. Still moving. Another year through.
