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ART OF SUICIDE
- [Intro: Alfie McLoughlin]
- They told me my name was supposed to echo forever like it meant something divine in
- the mouths of people who don't know me but still decide what I am
- So I built myself louder than silence could ever accuse me of being irrelevant,
- and now even the silence feels like it's reviewing me in real time.
- I wake up inside applause I can't remember earning
- and I swear I can hear it even when nobody's talking
- [Bridge: Ellie Jackson Woo]
- They call it art when it bleeds
- so I started writing in wounds instead of words
- but now the ink feels like it's learning my shape
- and rewriting me without permission
- [Verse One: Alfie McLoughlin]
- I read comments like they're written to erase my name
- Every sentence hits like it was built for blame
- They say I changed like it's a kind of crime
- But I changed to survive every line
- My ego still talks but it's losing tone
- Like it knows it's not alone
- Applause used to feel like proof I'm real
- Now it feels like something I can't feel
- [Pre Chorus: Ellie Jackson Woo]
- You said you're unbreakable like it's carved in stone
- But even stone starts cracking when it's alone
- [Chorus: Alfie McLoughlin]
- I don't feel real in this reflection
- It keeps shifting direction
- Pick a side, it's confliction
- I'm stuck chasing perfection
- I might just pick up the knife
- Yeah, that's the art of suicide
- It's the date, the day I nearly died
- I don't know how I survived
- [Verse Two: Alfie McLoughlin]
- Every city feels like Deja Vu again
- Like I already lived this end
- I've already played pretend
- I know this story's trend
- Even silence feels like it's judging me
- Like it knows what I should be
- I perform control when I'm not okay
- Like I learned the lines to say
- My thoughts feel broadcast not inside
- Like I'm watching myself collide
- Comfort feels rehearsed and fake
- Though I guess it is something that I make
- The more I win the less I stand
- Like I'm slipping through my hand
- I mistrust calm it feels too loud
- Like it's hiding in the crowd
- [Bridge: Ellie Jackson Woo]
- And you still chase what breaks you down
- Just to wear the crown
- It's embarrassing, Alfie, it's upsetting
- To see you wear that frown
- [Pre Chorus: Ellie Jackson Woo]
- You said you're unbreakable but feel the bend
- Like every version meets the end
- [Chorus: Alfie McLoughlin]
- I don't feel real in this reflection
- It keeps shifting direction
- Pick a side, it's confliction
- I'm stuck chasing perfection
- I might just pick up the knife
- Yeah, that's the art of suicide
- It's the date, the day I nearly died
- I don't know how I survived
- [Verse Three: Ellie Jackson Woo]
- One night it got so quiet you heard your mind
- Speak without design
- You didn't disappear, you just stayed still
- I witnessed it with will
- And even though you call it control
- I just see you protecting your role
- [Pre Chorus: Ellie Jackson Woo]
- You're unbreakable, you've said it again
- Like it fixes whatever's within
- [Chorus: Alfie McLoughlin]
- I don't feel real in this reflection
- It keeps shifting direction
- Pick a side, it's confliction
- I'm stuck chasing perfection
- I might just pick up the knife
- Yeah, that's the art of suicide
- It's the date, the day I nearly died
- I don't know how I survived
- [Outro: Alfie McLoughlin (Spoken)]
- No! I just misunderstood it
- This isn't collapse
- It's adjustment
- I don't fucking break
- Bitch, I adapt
- They'll understand
- I am still Alfie Presley
- Still intact
- This was only distortion
- Not destruction
- I don't need repair
- I need recognition
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