The boy who fell out of the story

Woke with a shiver, spine like a knife

Rattling bus, dead weight of my life

Stepped off alone, world turned inside out

Searching for someone I once dreamed about

Silent sky, wind holding its breath

No heartbeat here, just echoes of death

Then out from the mist, with that sinister smile

Came my father — long buried, defiled

[Chorus] (screamed & sung layered)

He drove through my bones but spared my soul (my soul!)

Left me broken, crawling out of control

They erased me, replaced me, tore me apart

But I’m the ghost with a bleeding heart!

The house was warm, full of perfect lies

Laughter and love with unfamiliar eyes

Mother and father, their faces all wrong

Two flawless sons where I don’t belong

[Bridge] (spoken → screamed)

“You’re not real… you’re just a flaw

A glitch in the code we can’t ignore!”

But shadows remember and echoes don’t sleep

I’m the nightmare buried too deep

[Breakdown] (all screamed, chugging guitars)

Who am I now? A ghost or a fake?

A dream reality tried to break!

I’m the ripple where calm used to be

The “why” you never wanted to see!

They erased me, replaced me, tore me apart (apart!)

But I’m still here with this hollow heart

I am the orphaned reflection denied

I am the child who never quite died!

I am the child...

Who never… quite… died.