Prompt / Lyrics
[Style: Carpetman ] --- [Verse 1] The streets look staged like paper walls, people walking pre-rehearsed. Every move a practiced gesture, every smile a quiet curse. No one questions what they follow, only how they need to shine. And if you tell the truth out loud, you’re the stranger in a world that’s learned to lie just fine. --- [Pre-Chorus] But in their eyes I see a shimmer, something trembling underneath — they want to live, but all they do is breathe. --- [Chorus] The world’s a theater and I’m the only one without a mask on tonight. They wear glitter, painted faces, I wear wounds and honest light. And while they vanish in the spotlight, all my shadows stay in sight. They don’t see it — but I can read their real face in the night. --- [Verse 2] They chase their own reflections, thinking it’s their guiding voice. Speaking loud but meaning nothing — habit dressed as choice. And I wonder how long someone can carry truth beneath their skin, before the mask becomes the cage they start believing in. --- [Pre-Chorus] And every day gets heavier when you're the only one who feels. Surrounded by these moving portraits calling their illusions real. --- [Chorus] The world’s a theater and I’m the only one without a mask on tonight. They trade roles like plastic costumes, I walk bare through their disguised lights. And while they fade into the background, I stay visible and bright. They don’t see it — but I can read their real face in the night. --- [Bridge – whispery, Carpetman tone] Maybe truth can make you lonely, but pretending makes you numb. They dance inside the same old script, never asking where it’s from. I sit outside their audience, quiet, still, a different view — and none of them suspects that I’m the only one who doesn’t want their cue. --- [Final Chorus – wider, darker] The world’s a theater, and I’m finally walking off their borrowed stage. I don’t need the kind of spotlight built from fear and painted rage. And when the lights go down at last, their costumes crumble into dust. I remain — the one who lives without a mask, without their trust.
Tags
Dark Indie, Alternative Pop, Atmospheric Pop, Indie Electronic, Minimal Pop, Synthwave-Influenced Pop, male, live
Duration
4:17
Instrumental
No
Created
12/9/2025