your deception, today I’m half a living man,
Breath is in my chest—yet my soul feels like a paper lantern.
Behind your smile, you hid a knife so still,
When the moment came, you pushed it into my chest at will.
You cried with acting, perfectly planned,
I broke for real, believing every strand.
Every drop of tear that fell from your eyes,
I caught with both my hands, thinking it was truth, not lies.
I thought maybe you’d come and make my house your own,
You treated my heart like a toy, broke it into stone.
Every night I called your name again and again,
Kept the scent of your shiuli flowers deep within.
From now on, I’m no human to anyone’s eyes,
They look at me like fear when our gazes collide.
Because my eyes forgot the language of being alive,
I have no hope left—nothing to give, nothing to strive.
Pre-Chorus (Repeat)
You cried with acting, perfectly planned,
I broke for real, believing every strand.
Every drop of tear that fell from your eyes,
I caught with both my hands, thinking it was truth, not lies.
Nights forget my name and stop on empty streets,
The moon knows whose fault it is that I’m incomplete.
Everyone walks forward—I walk behind,
Keeping the shadow of noon as my only sign.
If death ever searches for love inside of me,
It will know—I died long ago silently.
Only this body lies beside your memory,
Punished by love, sentenced by what used to be.
You cried with acting, perfectly planned,
I broke for real, believing every strand.
Every drop of tear that fell from your eyes,
I caught with both my hands, thinking it was truth, not lies.
In your deception, today I’m half a living man,
Breath is in my chest—yet my soul feels like a paper lantern.
Behind your smile, you hid a knife so still,
When the moment came, you pushed it into my chest at will.
