Layers

Name: Layers
Duration: 342 s
Description: Layers by mBaileyz. From the artist’s lyric sheet: “Body talk, mind talk, soul talk too Different kinds of pain all crowd my view Every arrow hit got a…”

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Layers lyrics

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Intro

Streetlights on, feel the pressure in my chest Every bill, every text, every “we need to talk” stress Got a smile on my face, but my hands still shake World heavy on my spine like it want me to break Four a.m., can’t sleep, mind stuck on replay Bodies aching from the grind I been paying every day Got ghosts in my past and alarms in my phone Yeah, pain live in layers, not in wounds alone

Verse 1

Got a headache from the overtime, back from the grind, that’s physical Doctor say “rest,” but the rent in my mind stay critical Heart broke once, now I flinch when they say “I’m here for you” Emotional scars turn “I love you” into “Is that even true?” Scroll my feed, everybody linked but I feel separated Social pain hit when your group chat dry and your calls outdated At the job, lights buzz, air stale, that’s environmental Fluorescent hum, low pay, high stress, that pressure mental Clock tick slow in a life with no meaning attached Existential pain when your purpose and your paycheck don’t match Do wrong once, moral weight sit heavy on your soul Replay every choice, wonder who you hurt just to reach your goals

Pre-chorus

Body talk, mind talk, soul talk too Different kinds of pain all crowd my view Every arrow hit got a story behind Eight different hurts but they share one mind

Chorus

Pain got layers like an ecosystem Every scar talk back if you listen All that hurt turn fuel for the mission We don’t stay trapped, we remix the system

Verse 2

Mama watch me crumble, she feel helpless, that’s her load Loved ones carry silent pain, they cry in “stay strong” mode She blame herself for the nights that I slept in the dark But it’s the system, not her heart, that was tearing me apart Homie crossed me for a bag, that’s pain inflicted by another He play it off, but guilt burn deep, he just cover it with color Got denial on his tongue, justification on repeat Still his stomach twist every time our old street meet Then there’s me, self-inflicted when I ghost good news Scroll my wins then sabotage them with “I can’t lose” blues Late fees stack ‘cause I “forget” to even open the mail Behavior like a prison that I built inside my own cell Social shade, then I binge, then my health get worse Emotional panic make my back and my neck all curse Moral stress from the times that I didn’t stand tall Environmental noise amplify every demon I stall

Pre-chorus

Body talk, mind talk, soul talk too Different kinds of pain all crowd my view What hurts me hits the ones by my side Pain ain’t solo, it’s a system in disguise

Chorus

Pain got layers like an ecosystem Every scar talk back if you listen All that hurt turn fuel for the mission We don’t stay trapped, we remix the system

Bridge 1

When the hurt chain-link from me to you Cycles spin rounds on the things we do But the same raw fire that was burning me Turn light on the path who I’m meant to be

Verse 3

Yeah, I mapped out the pain like a subway line Each stop got a name, but the track’s still mine Physical ache teach rest, I protect my frame Emotional storms teach “feel it,” not just numb the flame Social cuts show me who really stand close When the room get cold, then you learn who’s ghost Environmental stress make me redesign my days Clean desk, fresh air, new schedule, new ways Existential questions push me deeper than my doubt If life feel hollow, I rebuild from the inside out Moral pain say, “Own the past, fix what you broke” Apologize, make amends, let accountability spoke Self-inflicted wounds turn mirrors, not chains Once I see the pattern, I can step off the train Eight different angles of the same raw force Pain write the warning signs, I choose the course

Pre-chorus

Body talk, mind talk, soul talk too Now I read the signs when they come in view What once trapped me now draw the line Turn that ecosystem into a redesign

Chorus

Pain got layers like an ecosystem Every scar talk back if you listen All that hurt turn fuel for the mission We don’t stay trapped, we remix the system

Bridge 2

From the bones to the brain to the spaces we share Every type of hurt say “Change right there” If we face it together, we rewrite fate Turn cycles of harm into cycles that elevate

Pre-chorus

Body talk, mind talk, soul talk too Whole crew healing when I heal my truth What we name, we can flip, redesign Pain ecosystem now a growth state of mind

Chorus

Pain got layers like an ecosystem Every scar talk back if you listen All that hurt turn fuel for the mission We don’t stay trapped, we remix the system

Outro

We don’t stay trapped, we don’t stay the victim We learn every code in the pain ecosystem From the hurt to the heal, it’s a long transition But we drive that change like a new ignition

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