EXTINCT

By MIKEXTRAY

On REMAIN

Released on March 15, 2026

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[Intro]

If I disappear tonight

Don’t look for signs

Just remember I was here


[Verse I]

If I die, I hope you say my name

Not as a wound, not as a shame

Just as someone passing through

Who stayed alive because of you

I don’t know if there’s someone else

Beyond these streets, beyond ourselves

But if there is, I hope they find

A reason stronger than my mind


[Pre-Chorus]

I talked to ghosts inside my head

They all sound like things we said

Every laugh, every stare

Proof that something lived out there


[Chorus]

If this is it, don’t cry for me

We were more than debris

In a dying world, in endless night

You were the last thing that felt right

Remember me, not as extinct

But as someone who still felt things

If I’m the end, then let it be

A quiet, honest memory


[Verse II]

We laughed while everything collapsed

Made jokes inside the aftermath

Funny how the end of days

Still left room to be amazed

Your voice cut through the empty air

Like the world still had a prayer

For a moment, it felt unfair

That beauty dared to still be there


[Pre-Chorus II]

If there’s a future I won’t see

Promise me you’ll still be free

Tell the stars, tell the dust

It was worth it — it was us


[Chorus II]

If this is it, don’t mourn too long

We survived where hope was gone

In the ruins, you and I

Proved the end could still feel kind

Remember me when lights go out

When silence learns to scream out loud

If I fade into the mist

Know I died knowing this


[Bridge]

It was fun…

Knowing the world still had a face

It was fun…

Finding meaning in this place


[Chorus]

If I’m gone, please don’t forget

We existed — that’s enough

In a world that lost its breath

We still loved… we still felt love

If someone reads this when I’m dust

Tell them we lived because we must

Tell them even at the end

Something human still remained


[Outro]

If I’m the last, I’m not afraid

I wasn’t empty — I was changed

This is my final instinct…

To be remembered…

Before we’re extinct