Prompt / Lyrics
[Intro – slow pads + piano, light reverb] They read the headline, but skipped the footnotes... I'm more than my shine — it's the margins that bleed the most. --- [Verse 1] They don’t ask about the nights I don’t post The ones where I’m talkin' to pain like it’s close Smile on my face, but the mirror know That I fight wars in the silence I never show I keep receipts of the love I gave But the balance never matched what I paid Seen brothers fold with a real man’s face Seen friends drift off like they ain't leave a trace I got guilt I ain’t earn but still carry Love I ain’t get, so I buried Parts of me in a box called “fine” Taped it shut with a crooked spine --- [Hook – melodic, layered harmonies] These the margins of me — what you don’t see The parts in the dark where I still bleed I hold the world, but who hold me? Gave 'em truth, but they sold me dreams These the margins of me — they overlooked Judged my cover, never read the book So I walk light with a heavy soul Tryna stitch what the world don’t hold --- [Verse 2] I done lied to myself just to make it through Told my demons, “act calm when they come through” They don’t know I rehearse every word I say So I don’t crack when they ask if I’m okay I love hard, but I love from a bruise Still show up, even when I lose I made peace with pain as a roommate Told it “stay quiet,” but it narrate Wrote my life in invisible ink Cried in showers so the world don’t think I still question if I’m built for this Or just good at pretending I exist --- [Hook – repeat with deeper vocals, reverb echo at end] These the margins of me — what you don’t see The parts in the dark where I still bleed I hold the world, but who hold me? Gave 'em truth, but they sold me dreams These the margins of me — they overlooked Judged my cover, never read the book So I walk light with a heavy soul Tryna stitch what the world don’t hold --- [Outro – piano only, whisper tone] Don’t read me out loud if you can’t handle the silence in between. Margins ain’t empty... they just ain’t been seen.
Tags
91 BPM, Trap Soul / Pain Rap, male
Duration
3:00
Instrumental
No
Created
6/7/2025