[Intro] [soft piano, distant reverb] The room is breathing But I’m not sure I am [Verse 1] I wake up where you left me In a body that still moves Every mirror feels like lying Every truth feels used I say the things I’m supposed to I wear the face they know But nothing reaches through the noise Nothing gets below [Pre-Chorus 1] I thought the pain would finish me I thought it would tear me apart But it hollowed out the center And called itself a heart [Chorus 1] I’m dead inside But I’m still standing here I hear the echo of your voice But nothing sounds sincere I’m dead inside Still breathing through the fall You took everything I was But you didn’t take it all [Verse 2] I gave you every warning sign You crossed them anyway I learned how to disappear Without walking away I stayed when I was breaking I smiled when I was scared I kept the peace you never felt And called it love I shared [Pre-Chorus 2] I waited for the damage To finally make me bleed But numbness is a quieter wound That never lets you leave [Chorus 2] I’m dead inside But I remember who I was Before I learned to shut it down Before I learned to pause I’m dead inside But I can still feel the fight There’s a fire under all this ash That hasn’t lost the light [Guitar Solo] [melodic, slow-burn, crying tone] [Verse 3] Now I see the wreckage clearly With nothing left to prove I survived by turning stone-cold That was my way through This emptiness you left me Was never just the end It was space to start again Without pretending [Bridge] [drop instruments, piano/strings only] You didn’t break me You changed the shape of me I learned the difference Between being loved and being needed If this is what surviving feels like I’ll wear it like a scar I’d rather feel nothing Than forget who you are [Final Chorus] I was dead inside But I’m awake tonight I feel it moving under my skin Slow, painful, real, alive I was dead inside Now I know the truth You didn’t take my soul from me I buried it to get through [Outro] [instruments strip back] Dead inside Still here Still breathing Still mine
