[Intro] (spoken) I feel happy, yet I’m breaking. I feel broken, yet I grin. Where’s the edge of this cliff? Or was I falling from the start? [Verse 1] There’s a crack in the wall where I carved my name. It bleeds when I look too close. Every laugh is a foreign tongue, And silence burns worse than the noise. (background echo) Who am I? (main vocal overlaps) Just a phantom idea, Unwritten rules, A fever dream no one recalls. [Pre-Chorus] Rip me out, reshape my mind, Fold me into your design. This is what despair tastes like… Sour, raw, it drips from my teeth. (guttural growl fades into a melodic cry) Ohhhh pleaaaase... [Chorus] I’m laughing through the screaming, Breathing water, spitting flame. What is this life worth living, If I can’t escape my name? (if I can’t escape… my name!) [Verse 2] I traded joy for a broken chain, And dragged it through my hollow home. Freedom feels like a fragile thread, And rage is the only thing I own. (vocals overlap in staggered timing) Pull it tight! (pull it tight!) Let it break! (let it break!) Why does it hurt… To feel at all? [Bridge] "WHERE DOES IT END?" "WHERE DID IT START?" (clean vocals over dissonant piano) Is this a map, or a tangled knot? Am I even allowed to ask? [Chorus] I’m laughing through the screaming, Breathing water, spitting flame. What is this life worth living, If I can’t escape my name? (soft overlapping whispers) Escape my name... Escape my name... [Outro] (spoken, soft) Tearing myself apart to feel whole. This is what it means to be real. This is what it means… To lose.
