5. Drowning in Silence | Raika

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"The Smile I Wear Was Never Mine" is a album that explores emotional decay, identity loss, and quiet rebellion.

Each song builds a fragmented mirror of someone who’s worn a forced smile too long... until it cracks. It’s a dark, poetic, and deeply personal record that doesn’t scream to be heard. It bleeds.

Lyrics:

[Verse 1]
The weight is quiet but it breaks me down
No sound but the beating in this hollow town
I walk through shadows that nobody sees
Trapped beneath a sky that’s lost its keys
Every breath is a fight not to fade
A silent scream in a world that stayed
Blind to the cracks where light used to live
I’m drowning now, no hands to give

[Pre-Chorus]
I reach for air but find only void
The silence answers, cold, annoyed
No rescue comes, no voice replies
Just echoes trapped beneath these skies
I’m sinking slow with nowhere to go
Lost in the depths of the undertow

[Chorus]
Drowning in silence, swallowed by night
Fighting for daylight that’s lost in the fight
I’m fading away in the depths of my mind
A ghost in the dark I can’t leave behind
The world is a whisper that cuts like a knife
And I’m caught in the currents between death and life
No cries, no tears, just the silence that kills
Drowning in silence, no refuge, no thrills

[Verse 2]
The mirror reflects what I fear to see
A fractured soul that won’t set me free
The voices inside are quiet but strong
Singing a lullaby where I don’t belong
Every step closer feels like the end
But I’m too tired to even pretend
That there’s something left worth the pain
I’m lost in this flood, nothing to gain

[Pre-Chorus]
I reach for air but find only void
The silence answers, cold, annoyed
No rescue comes, no voice replies
Just echoes trapped beneath these skies
I’m sinking slow with nowhere to go
Lost in the depths of the undertow

[Chorus]
Drowning in silence, swallowed by night
Fighting for daylight that’s lost in the fight
I’m fading away in the depths of my mind
A ghost in the dark I can’t leave behind
The world is a whisper that cuts like a knife
And I’m caught in the currents between death and life
No cries, no tears, just the silence that kills
Drowning in silence, no refuge, no thrills

[Bridge]
If there’s a spark that still remains
Let it burn through all these chains
Hold me here or let me go
But don’t leave me drowning alone
In this silence, I plead and fight
Waiting for dawn, chasing the light


[Final Chorus / Outro]
Drowning in silence, swallowed by night
Fighting for daylight that’s lost in the fight
I’m fading away in the depths of my mind
A ghost in the dark I can’t leave behind
The world is a whisper that cuts like a knife
And I’m caught in the currents between death and life
No cries, no tears, just the silence that kills
Drowning in silence, no refuge, no thrills
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