Seven - Envy, sin invidia

[© 2026 Daniel Claessens] [Intro | cold whisper, distant reversed piano] Why do they shine… When I live in the shade… [Verse 1] Your smile lights up every room Mine feels crooked in the gloom You got the job, the love, the fame I got the poison with your name [Pre-Chorus 1] I tell myself I’m happy for you But the lie tastes bitter and true [Chorus 1] Envy! Why do you have what’s mine? Your light burns holes in these jealous eyes I smile outside but inside I scream Wish I could rip it from your dream If I can’t have it, why should you? This green fire is burning me through [Verse 2] Your perfect life on every screen Makes my ordinary feel obscene Every win you celebrate Feels like a knife twisting my fate I count your blessings like my scars Wondering why you got the stars [Pre-Chorus 2] I know it’s wrong, this venom in my veins But watching you rise just feeds the pain [Chorus 2] Envy! Tear their blessings down Watch their kingdom crash into the ground Your joy is poison to my soul I want your heaven to lose control Steal their glow, dim their light Make their day turn into night [Bridge | slower, colder, almost spoken] Is this me… or something wearing my skin? Why does their happiness feel like my sin? I swallow the bile, I swallow the hate And still I smile while I suffocate [Final Chorus] Envy… this is all I know Feeding the monster that won’t let go Every success that isn’t mine Carves another scar across my spine I’ll never be full, I’ll never be free Until the whole world looks like me [Outro | fading into bitter whisper] Why them… Why not me… [Latin language, soft cold echo] Invidia…