What Have I Become (Explicit)

I used to dream in color

Now I wake in black and white

Chasing echoes through the silence

Losing battles every night

I used to feel the sunlight

Now I only feel the screen

Traded laughter for survival

Now I'm somewhere in between

What have I become?

A stranger to my name

Running from reflections

That all look the same

I built these walls for shelter

But they turned into a cage

Now I'm screaming in the silence

And crying without rage

I used to speak with fire

Now I whisper not to burn

Every lesson turned to ashes

And there's nothing left to learn

I used to be a fighter

Now I fade into the crowd

Living quiet, dying slowly

In a world that's far too loud

What have I become?

A shadow of the flame

Falling through the motions

Pretending I'm the same

I wore a mask too long

Now it’s part of my skin

And I don’t know where I end

Or where I begin

Bridge

Is there a way back?

Or am I too far gone?

I used to know the lyrics

Now I just hum along

Final Chorus

What have I become?

A ghost behind my eyes

Buried under noise

And carefully crafted lies

But somewhere deep inside

A spark is holding on

To everything I lost

And everything I was

What have I become...

And who do I become now?