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Spotlight shaking, heart on trial
Paint a smile, walk the aisle
If I fall, don’t ask me why
I already said goodbye inside

Every step I take feels wrong
Every breath’s a borrowed song
Clapping hands I can’t outrun
Echo louder: you’re not enough
Mirror talks behind my back
Says I’m fading into black
Born a shadow, raised to hide
Living just to apologize

Did I let down everyone again?
Mediocre at best, pretend
Maybe I was made to bend
Maybe I was made to end
Am I a failure from my birth?
Is misery all I’m worth?
Am I just so void of love
I’m never good—never good enough

Hip hip hip hip hip hip hip hooray
Celebrate the mess I made
Curtains fall but I still stay
Smiling like I’m okay
Say my name in neon lights
While I disappear from sight
Welcome to my paradise
Broken, dressed in glam disguise ✨

CEREMONY
Watch me shine while I bleed quietly
Emergency
But nobody’s hearing me

Lipstick stains and camera flashes
Turning pain into distractions
Slide a kiss—muah—that’s fine
Fake perfection frame by frame tonight
Working off borrowed time
Turning scars to dollar signs
Ratio got us worldwide
Still I’m empty deep inside

Tell me what I’m living for
Standing here but wanting more
If I fall behind the door
Would they even notice anymore?
Am I a failure from my birth?
Is misery what I deserve?
Am I just so void of love
Never good—never good enough

Hip hip hip hip hip hip hip hooray
We did it—wow—look at me fade
Golden crown but made of clay
Still I smile anyway
You and I, let’s celebrate
Perfect lies we fabricate
Welcome to my paradise
Lonely under laser lights ⚡

Say I’m shining, say I’m strong
Say I’ve known it all along
Say I never felt this low
Say the crowd will never know
Dress me up in victory
Hide the cracks they shouldn’t see
If this is what success can be
Why does it feel like losing me?

Hip hip hip hip hip hip hip hooray
Clap for the mask I wear today
Emergency—don’t look away
This is my ceremony

Hip hip hip hip hip hip hip hooray
Watch me slowly drift away
Spotlight burns but I still stay
Frozen in the display
You and I, let’s celebrate
Every tear I decorate
Welcome to my paradise
Where I vanish in plain sight

If I’m never good enough…
Will they love me when I’m gone? we need all that money all the money yeah yeah 200 racks in the bag I took your girl with the bag I'mma smoke you like a fool I don't miss no haters that's true zoom in everyday through the Sun the sun burning hot blazing through the year it's real hot outside I'm a man of God my toes burning off by the time I hide then one day he got really cold chilling off my bones it was real super cold it was one time when you noticed I don't miss at the code and you know this yeah thinking about my boy AJ thinking about the memories he is my homeboy mess with him you mess with me thinking about my past what's the point of loving somebody if you know they don't love you back there's no point going into a relationship that's just a fake yeah I got the money in the bag I got your girl in the bag with it I'm remember it was a sunny day cold as ice dinner with all my exes and problems and issues everyday cruising down the street every single day now I'm about to check this fool one two three zooming down the street with with me and AJ I see donatorius he ain't got nothing to know me my fit he talking about this map yeah he ain't nobody to me I don't even like him he smell like expired box of Reese's cooking at him like a steak that's so true he always trying to get in my way he always thinking everything okay he ain't nobody to me he ain't the teacher he ain't my daddy he ain't nobody to me that's why that boys think always staying in people way next time I see him I'm going to tell him that that little boy stank ain't my fault that you stank take a shower cuz you stank need some lotion cuz you stink I need some deodorant cuz you stink it's not my fault that's all because it's the truth because you stink that's all listen get in my way I'll swiss cheese this is what you hear and your head skir skir skir skir skir skir skir skir skir skir skir skir skir skir skir skir skir skir skir skir skir skir skir skir skir skir skir skir skir I'm not done this is what you hear skir skir skir skir skir skir skir skir skir skir skir skir skir skir skir skir skir skir skir skir skir skir skir skir skir skir skir skir skir skir skir skir skir skir skir skir skir skir then a pow always having problems in my head I have so many exes that pain in my head there's no point of a relationships that's all fake and then Tommy came around trying to get in my face my swiss cheese that little boy like he a steak he ain't got nothing to know me just like Donto he look alike the Bible he looks like thBack in the Queen City where the skyline glows
At the corporate desk where the dark water flows
Signed up for the vision in the Champion hall
But the writing was already etched on the wall
Indoctrination masquerading as a training course
Feeding us the lies from a toxic source
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