Not Living

[Verse 1]
I wake up and it feels the same
Another day without a name
Coffee burns, I don’t react
Mirror asks, I don’t answer back

Days roll by in black and white
Nothing wrong, just nothing right
If this is life, it’s losing drive
I’m not dying, I just arrive

[Pre-Chorus 1]
No crash, no flame
Just a heartbeat in delay

[Chorus]
I’m not living—
But am I even alive?
Still breathing through another night
Going nowhere one step at a time
I’m not dying—
Just stuck between the lines
If this is life, then tell me why
It feels like I already crossed that line

[Verse 2]
Voices talk, they miss my face
I stand still while the world escapes
Every win tastes worn and thin
Every loss just lets me in

I say the words they want to hear
Play it cool, disappear
If I vanished into the crowd
Would it even get too loud?

[Pre-Chorus 2]
I speak in time, they hear the sound
But nothing ever sticks around

[Chorus]
I’m not living—
But am I even alive?
Still breathing through another night
Going nowhere one step at a time
I’m not dying—
Just stuck between the lines
If this is life, then tell me why
It feels like I already crossed that line

[Bridge] (half-time, restrained swagger)
Lipstick truths and cheap goodbyes
Dead-end dreams in perfect light
I don’t bleed, I don’t bruise
Just fade out in polished shoes

[Guitar Solo]

Say my name—
It doesn’t move me

[Final Chorus]
I’m not living—
But am I even alive?
Heart still beating, dead inside
Just enough to qualify
I’m not dying—
Just losing the fight
If this is life, then tell me why
No one hears me pass them by

[Outro]
Not living
Just alive

Heavy glam rock, mid-tempo, horror melodies, power chords, crowd-friendly, driving drum beat, gothic male baritone