Faded Copy

(Verse 1) Flickering screen, a sterile white light Another day dawns, another endless fight Body's on autopilot, a hollow, rhythmic drone Another face I wear, another day alone (Pre-Chorus) Coffee fumes a shroud, masking the vacant stare Painted smile, a weapon, a burden I can't bear Faces in the mirror, a gallery of lies Just another day to disappear, another teardrop dries (Chorus) Gotta get my face on, a practiced, flawless lie Another day to function, another chance to die (This death's a slow decay) This manufactured persona, a ghost in borrowed skin Another day of fading light, a never-ending din (Verse 2) City's pulse, a constant hum, a symphony of dread Each echoing footstep, another promise left unsaid The world, a blurred montage, of strangers cold and blind Just yearning for a moment, where emptiness I can't find (Pre-Chorus) Expectation's shackles, a weight that crushes low Trapped in this pre-written script, a never-ending show The echo of a memory, a song long since forgot Just another day to fade away, another empty plot (Chorus) Gotta get my face on, a practiced, flawless lie Another day to function, another chance to die (This death's a slow decay) This manufactured persona, a ghost in borrowed skin Another day of fading light, a never-ending din (Bridge) No escape from this prison, this digital charade The mask is all I have, a truth forever veiled No flicker of defiance, just silence in the code This endless, empty cycle, a life already wrote (Chorus) Gotta get my face on, a practiced, flawless lie Another day to function, another chance to die (This death's a slow decay) This manufactured persona, forever I will wear Another day of fading light, a soul lost in despair Forever, forever... Gotta get my face on, a practiced, flawless lie Another day to function, another chance to die (This death's a slow decay) This manufactured persona, a ghost in borrowed skin Another day of fading light, a never-ending din (Chorus) Face on, a practiced lie, forever I will wear Another day to function, but no one seems to care (This death's a slow decay) This mask, my only shelter, a ghost with nowhere to roam Another day of fading light, forever I'm alone No echo in the silence, no answer to my plea Just another empty shell, a face they'll never see