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I open my eyes to the same gray light Same empty ceiling, same useless fight The clock on the wall just mocks my name Another day starting, but it's all the same The mirror reflects what I can't escape A face I don't know, a broken shape The air is thick, I can barely breathe This cage I'm in, I just can't leave I try to scream, but nothing comes out Just a hollow sound, just a shadow of doubt Every step I take leads back to the start This weight on my chest is tearing me apart I'm falling through the cracks again Drowning in a world I can't defend The days all blur, the nights all bend Tell me, does this nightmare ever end? I'm trapped beneath the weight I carry Too tired to fight, too scared to bury This hollow crown, this throne of rust I'm breaking down — I'm turning to dust They tell me to smile, to find the light But they don't see the war I fight every night A prisoner inside my own design The walls close in, I'm losing my mind I search for a door, a crack, a way out But all I find is more shadow and doubt I scream at the sky, but it's deaf and blind There's nothing left for me to find I try to scream, but nothing comes out Just a hollow sound, just a shadow of doubt Every step I take leads back to the start This weight on my chest is tearing me apart I'm falling through the cracks again Drowning in a world I can't defend The days all blur, the nights all bend Tell me, does this nightmare ever end? I'm trapped beneath the weight I carry Too tired to fight, too scared to bury This hollow crown, this throne of rust I'm breaking down — I'm turning to dust