[Intro – Soft, Broken Voice] Yeah… I don’t even know who I’m talkin’ to anymore… God… myself… or the ghosts that won’t leave me alone. Why me? ⸻ [Hook] Why me… why am I still alive? While they’re buried in the dirt, I’m here askin’ the sky Every night I close my eyes, but I don’t find sleep Just a million questions in my chest so deep Why me… why not take me instead? Why my people in a coffin while I’m breathin’ this air? Carryin’ they names like a stone on my back Tryna move forward but it always drags me back ⸻ [Verse 1] I still see your faces in the mirror when it fogs I still hear your voices when I’m talkin’ to God I still drive past places where we used to hang out Now it’s flowers on the corner, candles burned out And I’m stuck here wonderin’ if I did enough Could I have saved you? Or was life just too rough? Why am I chosen? Or am I cursed instead? To be alive with the memories, while you lay dead It ain’t fair, I ain’t special, I ain’t strong, I ain’t brave I’m just lost in this maze, draggin’ grief to the grave And I smile for the world, but I’m dyin’ inside With a storm in my chest that I’m tryin’ to hide ⸻ [Hook] Why me… why am I still alive? While they’re buried in the dirt, I’m here askin’ the sky Every night I close my eyes, but I don’t find sleep Just a million questions in my chest so deep Why me… why not take me instead? Why my people in a coffin while I’m breathin’ this air? Carryin’ they names like a stone on my back Tryna move forward but it always drags me back ⸻ [Verse 2] Sometimes I think maybe I lived just to suffer Maybe my punishment’s watchin’ every friend turn to a number Etched in a stone, a name with two dates And I’m left with survivor’s guilt I can’t shake I should be with you, laughin’, growin’, and livin’ Not cryin’ in the dark, beggin’ God for a vision But He’s silent… and I’m stuck with this ache in my chest Like I’m waitin’ for a reason that never manifests So I write these words like I’m bleedin’ on the page Hopin’ pain turns to purpose when it’s locked in a cage Maybe I’m here to keep your story alive To speak your names through the verses when I rhyme ⸻ [Bridge – Whispered] If I could trade my tomorrow for your yesterday I would lay in that dirt, and let you walk away But I can’t… so I’m haunted till the day I fall Livin’ for you all, even if it kills me all. ⸻ [Final Hook] Why me… why am I still alive? While they’re buried in the dirt, I’m here askin’ the sky Every night I close my eyes, but I don’t find sleep Just a million questions in my chest so deep Why me… maybe someday I’ll know Till then I’ll carry your names everywhere I go Every rhyme, every breath, every word I speak I live for the fallen, even though it breaks me. ⸻ [Outro – Soft, Fading Voice] Yeah… Why me… Guess I’ll never know…

Why me pt.2