Title: A World That Counts [Verse 1] I know this life is made of stories Written in the quiet pain And justice breathes inside the cracks But truth is fading every day Where are the minds that used to see? Lost between the greed and show In a time that trades the soul for gold And calls it all we need to know [Verse 2] Now we tear at each other softly Just to prove that we survive Stealing years from weary hands While pretending we’re alive No blood spills before our eyes But something deeper fades away Every smile is slightly broken Hiding what we couldn’t say [Chorus] How do I live, how do I stand In a world that only counts what I have? If I don’t shine in numbers and gold I’m invisible, I don’t belong There’s a scream inside my chest But no one hears that kind of sound If I cry, they call it weakness If I don’t… I slowly drown [Verse 3] We walk a jungle with no mercy Every heart a hunter’s gaze We celebrate each other’s falling Like it adds to our own praise We measure worth in empty illusions Lie to ourselves just to cope Call it winning, call it power While we’re losing sleep and hope [Bridge] They said time would make us better They never said it steals our soul Turns us into hollow echoes Burning what once made us whole We were ground they walked upon Now we’re dust erased in light Gone with just a single motion Like we never had a fight [Chorus] How do I live, how do I stand In a world that only counts what I have? If I don’t shine in numbers and gold I’m invisible, I don’t belong There’s a scream inside my chest But no one hears that kind of sound If I cry, they call it weakness If I don’t… I slowly drown [Outro] The future follows like a shadow Then it sits at your feet in disguise Brushes past you like affection With hidden teeth behind its smile
