dark

[Intro – whispered, reverb / empty room echo]
(Yeah… shhh)
كل يوم نحكي مع نفسي (I talk to myself every day)
بس ما نلقى جواب (no answer comes back)
I built these walls to feel safe…
(breath in)
but now I’m trapped inside my own past.
(soft piano, low hums start — echo heartbeat)

[Verse 1 – storytelling tone, slow build-up]
I remember nights with no heat, no sleep, (yeah)
Mama cryin’, said “ربي كبير” just to keep peace. (mmm)
Silence louder than screams,
dreams buried underneath—
every bruise taught me more than school ever did. (real talk)
Used to stare at the ceiling, thinkin’ “why me?” (why me?)
Now I see pain was the reason I’m still breathing. (breathe in)
Every tear built a layer on this armor I’m wearing,
but it’s heavy… (pause)
so heavy I can barely carry it. (drop — 808 enters softly)

[Hook – emotional, slow melody with harmonies]
(Yeah…)
Can’t keep living in the past, I know,
but the scars don’t fade when the lights get low.
قولت “ما نرجعش لهنا” (I said I won’t go back here)
but I still feel that kid in my shadow. (echo “shadow…”)
Walls talk when I’m alone — (uh)
they tell me “move on,” but my heart says “no.” (nooo)
(Drop hits — ambient choir + soft 808s)

[Verse 2 – slightly faster flow, intensity builds]
People see the smile, they don’t see the war inside, (uh)
I built mansions in my mind just to try to hide. (facts)
الوجع صار صاحبي (pain became my friend),
he don’t ever leave,
but I learned — you gotta bleed to believe. (real)
They said “forget it,” but you can’t erase trauma, (nah)
you just learn how to carry it calmer. (mmm)
Now I thank God — even for the fallin’ apart,
’cause it taught me how to rebuild a heart. (beat fades – piano only)

[Bridge – spoken tone, emotional break]
If I forgive the past, maybe I’ll free the kid inside.
If I keep holdin’ pain, I’ll never really rise.
(whisper) ربي معايا… (God’s with me…) (echo “معايا…”)
(background hum — almost like wind)

[Outro – soft piano, fading ambience]
I ain’t runnin’ from my story no more, (no more…)
I’m just learnin’ to write a better end. (mmm)
(yeah…)
Walls don’t scare me now —
I built a door. (beat fades to silence, soft breath out