[INTRO – STATIC RECORDING]
[Low-frequency hum. Damaged cassette flutter. Signal drops.]
[Unknown Voice (filtered, distant)]
—can you hear that?
—it’s not stopping—
[hard cut / static spike]
They told me it was just stress.
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[Intro – Scrim]
Ceiling hang low like it’s pressing on my spine (spine)
Smoke in my chest, every breath feel like time (time)
Static in my skull, can’t tell truth from a lie
Load another thought, let it rot, let it fly
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[Verse 1 – Scrim]
Raised on the wrong side of mercy and meds
Learned how to smile while I’m counting the dead
Every conversation feel scripted and fake
I don’t shake hands, I just tighten the blade
Blood in the ink, not the streets, that’s the trick
I kill with a phrase, let it linger and stick
Mama said heaven, I said “not for me”
God only answer when the silence is free (yuh)
Been numb since a kid, still flinch at the sound
Every good thing gotta die when it’s found
Talk to my shadow like it know me by name
It said, “You don’t change,” I said, “That’s the game.”
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[Instrumental]
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[Verse 2 – Ruby Da Cherry]
Mind stay cracked, every thought malformed
Laugh through the panic like it keeps me warm
I don’t forget shit, I archive the pain
Every scar a timestamp, every breath a stain
I’m the error message flashing too late
Laugh at the fire while I feed it my fate
Tried to hang hope, rope frayed in my hands
Guess I’m still useful to whatever’s damned
Eyes stay red, jaw wired shut
Spit acid truth every time I erupt
Don’t wanna heal, don’t wanna be whole
Just wanna watch it all collapse real slow
Say my name wrong, get erased from time
I turn grudges into myths and signs
I don’t fight fair, I fight like I’m trapped
Like death in the room and I’m stating the facts
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[instrumental rewind]
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[Bridge – Scrim]
Still hear sirens when it’s dead quiet
Still feel empty when they clap and buy it
Fame don’t care, it just borrows your face
Leaves you hollow, bent, outta place
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[Outro – Ruby]
Carve my breath into asphalt veins
If they sink me deep, I’ll rise through the stain
No moral arc, no lesson to sell
Just two damaged signals ringing from hell