Pill Me Pretty

Verse 1

They gave me colors in a paper cup

Told me I’d feel better if I just gave up

Now I watch the ceiling move in slow ballet

While my thoughts dissolve and drift away

Pre-Chorus

I don’t dream — just static snow

I smile on cue and nod real slow

Chorus

Pill me pretty, paint me bland

Tell me who I am again

I don’t shake, I don’t scream

I’m just one more silent machine

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Verse 2

They write my name with trembling ink

Adjust the dose so I forget to think

The mirror grins — a medicated ghost

No highs, no lows, just empty toast

Pre-Chorus

I miss the chaos, I miss the burn

But numb is easier than hurt returned

Chorus

Pill me pretty, shut me down

Dress my thoughts in hospital gowns

Make me soft, make me sane

Bleed the fight out of my brain

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Bridge (haunting, stripped back — maybe lo-fi voice filter)

“Do you feel better now?”

“No.”

“But you look better.”

(beat)

“Then that’s enough.”

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Final Chorus (layered with more emotion, breaking down subtly)

Pill me pretty, cage me well

Smile for the cameras inside this hell

I don’t fight, I don’t try

Just watch the clouds go crawling by