EMPTINESS: A SIDE EFFECT

By Held.

On GREY

Released on May 15, 2026

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[Verse 1]

Bound to be awake

Barely holding on

Spun out into space

All part of your charm

Oxygen intake

Scorched under the tongue

Counting ten to one

Second worst to none

Frantically aware

A black hole so surreal

To swallow how I feel

A form of hell and home

Bound to be awake

Barely holding on

Spun out into space

All part of your charm

All part of your charm


[Verse 2]

Gravity of snakes

Weigh my soul deep down

Suffocate and ache

Spoke and heard no sound

Ripped and torn apart

Split between a star

Burning half past heart

And a planet lost in the dark


[Chorus]

We'll never care, we'll never speak to thе world

Outside at fault behind your eyеs

I am the negative of nurture and the hate of the pure

I am the side effect of every side effect you ignore

We'll never care, we'll never follow the world

Outside at fault behind your eyes

I am the opposite of similarity, I'm your core

I am the side effect of every side effect you ignore


[Chorus]

We'll never care, we'll never speak to the world

Outside at fault behind your eyes

I am the negative of nurture and the hate of the pure

I am the side effect of every side effect you ignore

We'll never care, we'll never follow the world

Outside at fault behind your eyes

My mind's on fire, and heaven is crashing into the ground


[Outro]

Falsifying emptiness

Floating when I'm sinking into nothing

Is nothing real?

Floating in a parallel of "all I feel is emptiness"

Choking when I'm screaming into nothing

Is nothing real?

Floating in a parallel of "bury me"

Bury me

Bury me

Yeah