Stayed The Same

By ILLtemper

On Paxil Rose

Released on November 28, 2025

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[Verse 1: ILLtemper]

Bleakness eats its heart out, rummage it for dopamine

Believe this grievance come to smash my hopes and dreams

Ameliorate the way I feel, numb enough, no esteem

Concealin' my face, disguised nose becomes a snow machine

Powder showers are blizzards, sleepin’ in a sanctuary

Christmas drug binge creepin' into January

Serial monster, Franken Berry, grievin', chasin’ dragons scare me

Leakin' capillaries, blade dug in, freakin' out my adversaries

Sadness scary, unpredictable, blackout from medicinals

Imbalance subclinical, hate myself unconditional

Disabilities, delinquent drunk, ditchin' school

But somethin' been missin' since I was choked from umbilical

Strained the brain, made life hard for development

Only thing I manifested was scars and impediments

Bizarre memoirs made an art expressionist

An affectionate starvin' gentleman that disregards his regimen


[Chorus: ILLtemper]

Got trapped in my mind at such a young age

Greatest stop, depressed, I made the front page

After rotten in the brain, it's made insane

Nothin’ made me change, I stayed the same

Got lost once but I was never found (Never found)

I should shout but I can’t let it out (Let it out)

Got lost once but I was never found (Never found)

I should shout but I can't let it out (Let it out)


[Verse 2: ILLtemper]

Find remorse for vital force, my worst compadre

Worked the day away for arthritis and a hot plate

Forgiving’s hard as I rot at my mom's place

Stranded in a prison yard hopin' the lock breaks

Immature, should be homeless, panhandle for fondness

My inner core is lonesome in a landfill of vomit

Hands reach for profit, demand a deposit

Lamb blood in a goblet, soul sold, try to channel the tock tick

Time never on my side, I try to unwind and forget, find I'm upset

Continue to write lines of regret, reveal the strife, kept skeptic

I’m in a test, done feel the night terrors, scared out my mind and you're next

Pickaxe broke, this skull is too thick to escape

This bad joke never ends, too sick to erase

It's sad though, found comfort but can't fit in a space

Lit candles for my demise, already forgettin' my face


[Chorus: ILLtemper]

Got trapped in my mind at such a young age

Greatest stop, depressed, I made the front page

After rotten in the brain, it's made insane

Nothin' made me change, I stayed the same

Got lost once but I was never found (Never found)

I should shout but I can't let it out (Let it out)

Got lost once but I was never found (Never found)

I should shout but I can't let it out (Let it out)