Green Screen

Verse 1

I smile for the camera, but I don't feel in the frame (mm)

Everything around me look real fake, same

Crowds get loud, but I still feel alone

Even with the awards on the shelf at home

I been up, I been seen, I been "that girl" all year (yeah)

But the higher I climb, the stranger it get here

Like I'm living inside a loop I can't break

Touching gold with a mind full of ache

And I say "thank you" with a voice too calm

While my thoughts keep tapping like an alarm

There's a room behind my eyes where nobody go

And it hums like a machine moving slow

Pre-Hook

Tell me what is real if the light keep bending? (huh)

Tell me what is mine if the room keep ending?

I can't tell the crowd from the code in my head

Everything look alive, but it feels half-dead

Hook

Green screen, green screen, what I'm really seeing? (mm)

All these wins still got me questioning meaning

Green screen, green screen, don't know who I'm being

Even at the top, I'm still not believing

Work so hard, but it still don't fix this

I keep saying "I'm good," but that's bullshit

Green screen, green screen, I can't unsee it

Everything's alive, but I still don't feel it

Verse 2

People love the version they can sell and stream (stream)

Not the one who wakes up scared of her own dreams

I got pretty little titles, heavy little praise

Still I feel like I'm floating in a cage

Sometimes I laugh just to keep from screaming

Sometimes I dance just to keep from leaving

It's funny how the world call that success

When I'm over here trying to clean up my mess

And maybe I'm paranoid, maybe I'm wise

Maybe I see too much through these tired eyes

Everybody want a piece, want a cut, want more

But I'm standing in the center feeling hollow to the core

Pre-Hook

Tell me what is real if the light keep bending? (huh)

Tell me what is mine if the room keep ending?

I can't tell the crowd from the code in my head

Everything look alive, but it feels half-dead

Hook

Green screen, green screen, what I'm really seeing? (mm)

All these wins still got me questioning meaning

Green screen, green screen, don't know who I'm being

Even at the top, I'm still not believing

Work so hard, but it still don't fix this

I keep saying "I'm good," but that's bullshit

Green screen, green screen, I can't unsee it

Everything's alive, but I still don't feel it

Breakdown / Halftime

Pause

Look at my face, tell me what you see (what?)

A body in the spotlight, or the ghost of me?

I got trophies, I got love, I got noise in my chest

But the silence in my head still want the rest

I been chasing "more" like it's gonna save me (nah)

But the more I get, the more it drains me

Maybe this the cost of being seen

Maybe this the joke inside the machine

Hook

Green screen, green screen, what I'm really seeing? (mm)

All these wins still got me questioning meaning

Green screen, green screen, don't know who I'm being

Even at the top, I'm still not believing

Work so hard, but it still don't fix this

I keep saying "I'm good," but that's bullshit

Green screen, green screen, I can't unsee it

Everything's alive, but I still don't feel it