Title: “Don’t Ask Why” Dark Rock / EDM / Emotional Alternative [Intro — whispered over distant static] Don’t ask why… Just hear me cry. Don’t ask why… Just stay. [Verse 1] I wear a face that I don’t recognize, A cheap little smile over dead-looking eyes. I say I’m fine like a prayer I forgot, Like a loaded gun that swears it’s not. There’s a war in my head that no one can see, A thousand dark voices all wearing my teeth. They know where I’m weakest, they know where I bend, They sound like myself when they say, “Not again.” I battle demons that would bury most men, Then wake up tomorrow and do it again. No medals, no mercy, no blood on the floor, Just me in the mirror not sure anymore. [Pre-Chorus] And I hate being sad when nothing went wrong, Like my soul left the room but my body held on. People ask what happened, but nothing is clear, How do you explain that the monster lives here? [Chorus] I miss someone I’ve never met, Like a ghost has been sleeping inside my chest. I need someone who doesn’t need me, Someone to hold what’s left beneath me. I want you gone, I want you near, I want to disappear and still be found here. I’m not okay, I’m not alright, Please don’t ask me why — just hold me tonight. Don’t ask why, don’t ask why, There’s no clean reason I want to die inside. Don’t ask why, don’t ask why, I’m screaming in silence — please hear me cry. [Drop — heavy EDM / distorted vocal chop] Hear me cry. Hear me cry. There’s nothing left behind my eyes. Hear me cry. Hear me cry. I’m still alive, but I don’t know why. [Verse 2] I sit in silence like a grave with a pulse, Numb to the knives and the thunderous faults. Will it hurt? Not anymore, I made my home on the killing floor. There’s a child in my ribs with his hands on the door, Asking, “Am I safe? Am I loved? Am I yours?” I don’t have answers. I don’t have light. I just tuck him away and pretend we’re alright. When flowers grow through my bones someday, Maybe I’ll finally look pretty that way. Maybe the dirt will know what I mean, Maybe the worms will love what’s left of me. [Pre-Chorus 2] Save me from sadness, insanity, madness, Save me from laughing while drowning in blackness. Save me from this shell made of panic and fear, Save me from the pain that’s been eating my years. [Chorus] I miss someone I’ve never met, Like a ghost has been sleeping inside my chest. I need someone who doesn’t need me, Someone to hold what’s left beneath me. I want you gone, I want you near, I want to disappear and still be found here. I’m not okay, I’m not alright, Please don’t ask me why — just hold me tonight. Don’t ask why, don’t ask why, There’s no clean reason I want to die inside. Don’t ask why, don’t ask why, I’m screaming in silence — please hear me cry. [Bridge — stripped, broken vocal] I’m tired of explaining a wound with no name. I’m tired of pretending I’m built for the flame. I’m tired of saying, “I’m good, I’m just low,” When the truth is I’m begging without letting it show. I don’t need a sermon. I don’t need a cure. I need someone steady when I’m not sure. Don’t make me talk. Don’t make me try. Just sit in the dark and hear me cry. [Final Breakdown — screamed / distorted] Save me from depression. Save me from myself. Save me from the silence That keeps calling for help. Save me from the mirror. Save me from my head. Save me from the part of me That already feels dead. [Final Chorus — huge guitars + dark synth drop] I miss someone I’ve never met, Like a ghost has been sleeping inside my chest. I need someone who doesn’t need me, Someone to hold what’s left beneath me. I want you gone, I want you near, I want to disappear and still be found here. I’m not okay, I’m not alright, Please don’t ask me why — just hold me tonight. Don’t ask why, don’t ask why, I’m losing the war behind both my eyes. Don’t ask why, don’t ask why, I’m silent and shy — but please hear me cry. [Outro — whispered, fading into static] Am I good? Am I loved? Am I safe? Am I enough? Don’t ask why… Just stay.
