Dead but Dreaming

[Intro – ambient / distant]
I’m still breathing…
But I don’t feel alive

[Verse 1]
I wake up numb again
Like I never left the night
Carrying a body
That refuses to feel right
I speak but nothing lands
Every word just hits the floor
I’ve been here my whole life
But I don’t feel here anymore

[Pre-Chorus]
I’m not broken enough to shatter
Not strong enough to stay
Just stuck in the middle
Watching myself decay

[Chorus]
I’m dead but dreaming
Stuck between gone and here
I don’t wanna die
I just don’t wanna be me
I’m fading slowly
Like smoke in the rain
If I disappear quietly
Would it all feel the same?

[Verse 2]
I learned how to blend in
So I wouldn’t be a weight
Learned how to swallow pain
So no one has to stay
Every smile’s automatic
Every laugh is rehearsed
I’m alive on the surface
But inside it just hurts

[Pre-Chorus]
I don’t need saving
I don’t need blame
I just want silence
Inside my brain

[Chorus]
I’m dead but dreaming
Still trapped in my skin
I don’t wanna end it
I just don’t wanna begin
I’m losing pieces
Every time I breathe
I don’t wanna be remembered
I just want relief

[Bridge – stripped, emotional]
If I’m nothing
I can’t fail
If I’m nowhere
I can’t feel
No expectations
No disguise
Just let me fade
Into the night

[Breakdown – heavy]
I’M STILL HERE
BUT I’M EMPTY
STILL STANDING
BUT I’M BENT
I’M NOT LOOKING
FOR AN ENDING
I JUST WANT
THIS WEIGHT TO LIFT

[Final Chorus – full]
I’m dead but dreaming
Floating through the days
Every heartbeat
Just another thing to escape
If I fade slowly
Without a sound
I won’t haunt the living
I’ll just melt into the ground

[Outro – quiet]
Dead but dreaming…
Still breathing…
Still here…

metalcore with heavy guitars, emotional clean vocals, heavy screams, male, emocore, metal, nu metal, hardcore, glitch