[Intro]

Is this reality?

‘Cause it’s so fucked up it’s gotta be

Nothing more than a terrifying dream

[Verse 1]

Your breath is short, life is fleeting

I’m not ready for mine to take on a different meaning

Discretion of death, indiscriminate and capricious

Like saying fuck it, let’s give a vicious

Pull at the strings of a puppet

That looks and acts and sounds like me

‘Cause I’m the creator, the actor, the animator

When everything in life gets harder

We’ll both suffer the fate of a stone dropped in water

[Chorus]

Is this reality?

‘Cause it’s so fucked up it’s gotta be

Nothing more than a terrifying dream

Is this reality?

‘Cause it’s so fucked up it’s gotta be

Nothing more than a terrifying dream

[Verse 2]

Crafting a persona, putting on a new face

I’m taking back control of this inanimate case

Of something that used to smile, something that used to laugh Obsessed with a reality that I can’t go back

Down the hatch goes all the pain that ends up stuck in my throat

I want to push my fingers down inside to make me throw

Up all the hurt, up all the doubt, you know it’s gotta come out

But the way we live this life is in pain

[Chorus]

Is this reality?

‘Cause it’s so fucked up it’s gotta be

Nothing more than a terrifying dream

Is this reality?

‘Cause it’s so fucked up it’s gotta be

Nothing more than a terrifying dream

[Verse 3]

Vibrant in an instant, ghost-adjacent the next

A photo captures life but ignores death’s effects

A spark in the eyes, a gleam in the smile

Makes it seem like life might be normal for a while, but it’s not

The norm is now a fight and a struggle

Hidden behind a slight joke, it’s a juggling act

Between now and eventual like playing in the rain

And the sun hits a puddle, it evaporates and dissipates

Turns out this life is nothing great without you

[Bridge]

Everything ripped away

It’s harder every day

There’s nothing left to say

I need you with me

Everything ripped away

It’s harder every day

There’s nothing left to say

I need you with me

[Outro]

Everything ripped away (Is this reality?)

It’s harder every day (‘Cause it’s so fucked up it’s gotta be)

There’s nothing left to say (Nothing more than a terrifying dream)

I need you with me

Everything ripped away (Is this reality?)

It’s harder every day (‘Cause it’s so fucked up it’s gotta be)

There’s nothing left to say (Nothing more than a terrifying dream)

I need you with me

Is this reality?