[Brooding Yet energetic instrumental Intro] [VERSE 1 – MECHANICAL / HOSTILE-INWARD] Like a threat— I wear a smile. Like a scar— They can’t see yet. Jaw clenched tight, I fake the calm. Rigid spine, Drenching palms. Crowds chorus— Bleating sheep. Sifting pores— Swallow deep. Nothing lands. Nothing stays. Every breath Just slips away. [PRE-CHORUS – TENSION BUILD] There’s a silence in me That used to scream. [CHORUS – FULL DROP] I feel hollow! I feel thin! I’m alive— But I’m locked within! They see skin! They don’t see scars! I’m still breathing— That’s as far as I got! I feel hollow! I feel cold! Trying to carry What eats my soul! Still breathing— That’s how I win… That’s how I win… [VERSE 2 – SELF-ATTACK / INTERNAL ROT] Under this skin, There’s something wrong. It don’t sleep. It just waits long. I seal it tight. I keep it fed. I smile clean Over what’s dead. Pressure stacks Behind my eyes. Every truth Still camouflaged. I fake the rise. I fake the fall. I fake the strength. I fake it all. [PRE-CHORUS 2 – ACCUSATORY] I built this mask To stay intact. Now it’s fused Into my face. [CHORUS – REPEAT / HEAVIER] I feel hollow! I feel thin! I’m alive— But I’m locked within! They see skin! They don’t see scars! I’m still breathing— That’s as far as I got! I feel hollow! I feel cold! Trying to carry What eats my soul! Still breathing— That’s how I win… That’s how I win… [BRIDGE – WHISPER → SNARL → DROP] Don’t get close— I split in two. One stays still. One breaks through. I know the wound. I know the lie. Knowing the truth Don’t keep me alive. I understand it— That’s the trap. I understand it— I still collapse. (beat drop) That doesn’t save me. [Dark and heavy breakdown with high tempo beats] [FINAL CHORUS – STRIPPED / FRAGMENTED] I feel hollow… Still breathing… I feel hollow… Still breathing… No clean end. No warm light. Just this thump In my chest tonight. Not whole. Not dead. Not healed. Just fed… Still breathing… [OUTRO – DEADPAN / WHISPERED] That’s it. That’s the win.
