EpiQture - Empty

[Intro] Empty… (empty…) Yeah… Stay hollow… [Verse 1] I wake up weighed down by the echo in my chest Cracks in the concrete where my conscience used to rest Static in my veins, every vein feeling vacant Smiling through the silence like I’m fluent in fakin’ it I talk to my shadow, yeah, she knows me too well She says “hell isn’t fire, it’s the stories you tell” I’m a house with no heat, just a heart full of holes Still dancing with the dark like it owes me my soul I been sewn up with scars, every stitch got a sentence Every mirror I meet keeps avoidin’ my presence I feel empty but breathing, still here but erased Like a ghost in my skin, like a smudge on a face [Pre-Chorus] I tried to outrun it, I tried to outgrow it But the dark’s in my blood, yeah, I taste it, I know it If I’m broken inside, let it show in my eyes I’m done feedin’ the lie just to look alive [Chorus] I’m empty (empty…), but I’m standing, still breathing the night Got a void in my veins but I’m holding it tight I’m empty (so empty…), yeah I’m hollow, but the hollow won’t win (won’t win!) If the dark wants a home, let it live in my skin (let it in…) I’m empty (empty…), hear it echo when I scream I’m empty, but I’m finally me [Verse 2] I been choking on prayers I don’t believe anymore Every “maybe someday” just another locked door I was taught to be light, but I learned how to fade Learned how to sharpen pain, learned how to make it behave Every tear got a twin, every sin got a reason I been losing myself like it’s always in season If the devil’s a doubt, then he sleeps in my head Tucking lies into truths, making truths feel dead I’m a wreck with a rhythm, yeah, a mess with a mic Turning scars into bars just to get through the night I feel empty, but the emptiness talks And it sounds like survival every time that I walk [Pre-Chorus] I stopped begging for peace, stopped praying for clean If I’m stitched out of darkness, let it show in the seams I’m done fighting the side of me everyone fears I been drowning so long, now I’m breathing my tears [Chorus] I’m empty (empty…), but I’m standing, still breathing the night Got a void in my veins but I’m holding it tight I’m empty (so empty…), yeah I’m hollow, but the hollow won’t win (won’t win!) If the dark wants a home, let it live in my skin (let it in…) I’m empty (empty…), hear it echo when I scream I’m empty, but I’m finally me [Pre-Bridge] Empty — steady — ready let it in… let it in… don’t run… [Bridge] Maybe I’m not broken, maybe I’m the truth Maybe all this darkness is the proof That I survived the night I was afraid to see If I’m empty, let it be the space that’s shaping me [Post-Bridge] I stopped runnin’ from the shadow in my frame… If it’s part of me, I’ll wear the name… [Final Chorus] I’m empty (empty…), but I’m standing, still breathing the night Got a void in my veins but I’m holding it tight I’m empty (so empty…), yeah I’m hollow, but I’m whole in the end Made a throne out the dark, yeah, I call it a friend I’m empty (empty…), hear it echo when I scream I’m empty… and I finally breathe [Outro] Empty… empty… but alive…