[Hook 1]
I used to think I would make it
I used to think I would make it
Now the weight is crushing, can’t fake it
Dreams shattered, heart in pieces, I break it
[Build 1]
(Used to… used to… now it’s gone… gone…
Falling… falling…)
[Hook 2]
Thought the come-up was mine, now I’m buried alive
Watch the future I designed just die
Chasing ghosts in my mind, pills and pain intertwined
Every promise I signed turned to lies
I was golden, now I’m rust
Dreams collected like dust
Can’t rebuild what I crushed, say goodbye
[Drop 1]
(MAKE IT! MAKE IT!
NOW I’M NOTHING! NOTHING!)
[Hook 3]
I used to see the lights… the lights…
Now it’s only night… only night…
Everything I built… I built…
Turned to ash and guilt… and guilt…
[Build 2]
(Why’d I believe… why’d I believe…
It’s over… over…)
[Hook 4]
Fuck the vision, fuck the grind, fuck the future I designed
Cut the cord, watch me bleed, every goal I had is blind
Running backwards through the fire, can’t outrun what I admired
I was supposed to rise higher, now I’m just expired
[Drop 2]
(SCREAM! FALL!
I WAS SUPPOSED TO MAKE IT!)
[Hook 5]
We used to think we would make it
We used to think we would make it
Now we’re screaming in the dark, can’t escape it
All our dreams turned to dust, we still chase it
[Build 3]
(I can’t go back… can’t go back…
It’s too late… too late…)
[Hook 6]
Floating through the what-ifs, memories fade to mist
I used to have the fire, now it’s just a ghost I kissed
Numb in the silence, lost every wish I listed
This life’s a cruel joke and I’m the one who missed it
[Drop 3]
(USED TO… USED TO…
NOW IT’S DEAD… DEAD…)
[Hook 7]
Bounce through the city with a hole where my future died
Fake the grind, fake the smile, still losing every night
They said chase the bag, I chased it till I flatlined
Now I’m just a memory of the kid who thought he’d shine
[Build 4]
(Help… help… I believed… I believed… too much…)
[Hook 8]
Roll the pain, chase the high, watch the old me disappear
Used to dream of stages, now the mirror shows my fear
Smoke fills the void where my ambition used to live
Count the years I wasted, nothing left to give
[Hook 9]
I used to think I would make it, now I’m fading fast
Thought the top was mine but the fall was all I had
Everybody watched me chase the bag and crash
Fuck the plan, fuck the man, I’m just a shadow of the past
[Drop 4]
(THIS WAS IT! THIS WAS IT!
WE NEVER MADE IT!)
[Hook 10]
We used to think we would make it
We used to think we would make it
Now we scream into the void, can’t rewrite it
All the promises we made just ignite it
[Outro]
I used to think… I would make it…
Now the lights are gone… and I can’t fake it…