[Intro]
(Mm... soft guitar pick)
Vinyl breath, slow pulse
Let the sample loop — let it ride
[Verse 1]
You tried to paint a perfect picture
Arranged it how it was supposed to fit
Even had a pose — a pose to fit
Poster kid, standing on your highest peaks
Then in a flash the vision blurs after the click
When the lights go off, life moves — you weren't this
Mirror facades, little lies turned you into this
You became the characters that questioned your character
The irony — someone becoming what they hate
Pointing fingers at the very things they can't escape
Was it all made up, or did it cover up the blush?
Maybe it's the mirror you resent when you rush
Is this how it's supposed to feel?
To freeze the stillness but replay how it used to feel
[Pre-Chorus]
It's counterfeit, but it's just to fit
Counterproductive — you clipped wings to show your feet
I wonder how it lands, after the novelty fades
Left with scars from a war you fought alone, late
[Chorus]
Counterfeit dreams / Behind closed doors
I'm losing me / On faded floors (repeat)
Counterfeit dreams / Behind closed doors
You vs You — echo on the walls
[Verse 2]
(Sparse guitar between lines — let the beat breathe)
Questions float slow like dusk on glass
You keep that pose — lights go off, the mask folds fast
We count the cracks, we count the cost
Names of casualties carved where the silence rots
You vs you — you staged some enemies, dodged the blame
Everything feels lighter when you got someone to name
But what was the aim? To take a shot, chase a claim?
Or play the victim like a call of duty game?
Now the paint is dry and the picture's not what it's supposed to be
Matters of the heart — yeah, they always keep the art in me
How pain and love can live worlds apart
Still the same things that tear the seams of your heart
I guess that's the art in it, the part that's unspoken
Hidden layers beneath the strokes, the truth left broken
[Pre-Bridge]
(Whispered ad-libs: mm, yeah)
Let that sample hang, let the echo land
[Bridge]
Faded polaroids stacked on the dashboard
Paint-stained shirt, memories soaked in charcoal
Cracked mirror glass — reflections keep the score
A photograph that won't explain the scars anymore
Paint peels slow, past reveals beneath the stars
Hands that once held paint now trace the mars
[Chorus — Variation]
Counterfeit dreams / Behind closed doors
I'm losing me / On faded floors
Counterfeit dreams / Keep me on my knees
You vs You — I'm learning to breathe
[Post-Chorus / Ad-libs]
(Mm — yeah — ooh)
Let those quiet moments breathe between the bars
[Outro]
Mmm — let the loop ride out (vinyl crackle)
Acoustic linger, sparse guitar fade
Counterfeit dreams — they taught you how to hide
But in the hush the mirror finds the light
(soft guitar motif fades — leave space for ad-libs)
