Encore for the Damned

Spotlight hits the cracks in me

You never saw the tragedy

Played your part, kept your mask

I broke in silence, you never asked

Told myself to breathe real slow

Even when I felt the undertow

I was a whisper in your storm

Till the day I came undone

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This is your encore for the damned

Curtain call with trembling hands

Now that I’m gone, you finally stand

But I was dying in the stands

You love me more now that I’m gone

So here’s your fucking song

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Funny, isn’t it?

You ghosted every cry for help

But now you post quotes and wear my name

Where was that love when I screamed into my pillow at 2 AM?

Where were your prayers

When my hands were shaking on the bathroom sink?

You only showed up

When I disappeared

You wrote me off like a song that didn’t rhyme

Now I’m the verse stuck in your spine

I was never your favorite

’Til I became your regret

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NOW YOU CLAP?! NOW YOU STAND?!

YOU ONLY LOVED ME WHEN I SLIPPED FROM YOUR HANDS!

THIS ISN’T GRIEF, IT’S A SHOW!

YOU NEVER CARED — YOU JUST DIDN’T WANNA KNOW!

I BURNED WHILE YOU WATCHED FROM YOUR PEWS

CALLED ME LOST, THEN STOLE MY TRUTH

YOU MADE ME INVISIBLE, THEN MADE ME A LEGEND

YOU WERE TOO LATE TO BE REDEMPTION

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You love me more now that I’m gone…

So here’s your fucking song.

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This is your encore for the damned

Played my pain like it was planned

Now that I’m dust, you understand

But I was drowning where I stood

And no one thought I ever could

You love me more now that I’m gone…

So here’s your encore.