“Scars Don’t Sleep”

🔹 [INTRO – Low cello hum + faint heartbeat kick]

(Moody Loe, calm but heavy)

“You can close your eyes… but the pain stay woke.”

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🔹 [HOOK – Low tone, slow delivery, layered harmonies]

Scars don’t sleep, they just dream with me

I try to heal but they bleed in the sheets

I been fightin’ shadows only I can see

Scars don’t sleep… and they don’t set me free

Every night they whisper what I can’t forget

Every touch feel like a past regret

I close my eyes, but the war still deep

‘Cause scars don’t sleep… and neither do I

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🔹 [VERSE 1 – Storytelling with space between lines]

I got bullet holes in my trust, stitched with lies

Smiles on my face, but they cover cries

I love like I’m runnin’ from a crime scene still

Can’t tell the difference between love and kill

I wake up in sweat from a memory burn

Wounds don’t close, they just take new turns

You see skin, I see battles beneath

You see calm, I feel war in the sheets

I been sleepin’ next to ghosts and hope

Every night’s a fight just to cope

Dreams play back every time I slip

My scars grab hold and they never quit

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🔹 [HOOK – Repeat with higher harmony and falsetto adlibs]

Scars don’t sleep, they just dream with me

I try to heal but they bleed in the sheets

I been fightin’ shadows only I can see

Scars don’t sleep… and they don’t set me free

Every night they whisper what I can’t forget

Every touch feel like a past regret

I close my eyes, but the war still deep

‘Cause scars don’t sleep… and neither do I

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🔹 [VERSE 2 – Melodic build with emotional push]

I see her face every time I blink

Hear her voice every time I drink

They told me “time gon’ heal that pain”

But time just taught me how to hide my shame

You can’t cover up a cut that’s inside

Can’t kill a memory that never died

I been prayin’ but my hands too cold

I been sinnin’ just to feel less old

Every scar is a story I don’t wanna tell

So I let ‘em talk when I’m locked in my shell

Even sleep ain’t safe from the things I keep

‘Cause scars don’t sleep — and I can’t breathe deep

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🔹 [BRIDGE – Minimal beat, reverb-heavy strings]

Lay me down, but don’t turn the light

My past love wounds still fight at night

Don’t kiss my lips if you can’t kiss my grief

‘Cause love ain’t love if it don’t bring relief

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🔹 [FINAL HOOK – Bigger harmonies, strings swelling]

Scars don’t sleep, they just dream with me

I try to heal but they bleed in the sheets

I been fightin’ shadows only I can see

Scars don’t sleep… and they don’t set me free

Every night they whisper what I can’t forget

Every touch feel like a past regret

I close my eyes, but the war still deep

‘Cause scars don’t sleep… and neither do I

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🔹 [OUTRO – Heartbeat fades into silence]

(Moody Loe, whisper)

“Even in peace… they still move.”