MASKS FOR THE DAY

Verse 1 Another morning, same dead face I blend in just to survive this place Tie the noose, call it a smile Counting hours, killing time I speak your words, I play your game Dress my silence up as sane You call it normal, call it right I call it fading every night Pre-Chorus I suffocate in your routine A living ghost in a clean machine Chorus I wear a mask when I walk among you Every fucking day I hide the truth You’ll never know what lives inside I am not you — I never tried Your world rejects what it can’t tame I burn in shadows, not in shame I am not like you, never will be Your light was never meant for me Verse 2 Your small talk cuts like broken glass Empty words, rehearsed and fast You fear the dark, you close your eyes While I see truth where hope still dies You pray to order, rules, control I drown deeper in my soul You need labels, need a name I exist beyond your frame Pre-Chorus You call me sick, you call me wrong But I’ve been awake all along Chorus I wear a mask when I walk among you Every fucking day I hide the truth You’ll never know what lives inside I am not you — I never tried Your world rejects what it can’t tame I burn in shadows, not in shame I am not like you, never will be Your light was never meant for me Bridge The darkness calls me like a home In broken hearts, I’m not alone Scarred souls, cracked and torn apart They know the dark — they shine the hardest We’ve seen the rot behind the gloss We’ve paid the price, we know the cost Out of the ruins, out of despair We glow the brightest — because we were there Breakdown I don’t belong I don’t conform I don’t kneel I don’t perform Final Chorus I wear a mask when I walk among you Because the truth would shatter you You’ll never see me as I am I am the flaw in your perfect plan I choose the dark, I choose the real I choose the wounds you’re scared to feel I am not like you — I’m finally free Your normal world was never for me Outro Take your light I’ll keep my scars We burn brighter Broken hearts, black stars