슈도미 — Pseudo me

verse 1

I learned to speak before I learned to feel

A practiced calm that never sounds quite real

가면 뒤에 숨은 채로

I wear a smile like it was always mine

But something in me leaves before the time

괜찮다 말해도 난 아닌데

I answer “fine” and let the moment pass

My body stays, but I don’t ever last

Pre-Chorus

Breathing shallow, thinking clear

아무도 못 봐, what disappears

I keep the mask, but it wears me thin

조용히 무너져 within

Chorus

I look awake, but I’m not here

I know the script, I know the fear

All this gloss, all this noise

Barely a pulse behind the voice

I say I’m fine, but I don’t stay

사라져도 티 안 나게

Post-Chorus

Don’t call it peace

It’s only pause

Don’t call it strength

It’s learned response

verse 2

I learned to answer without meaning much

To keep it moving, never to get touched

다들 원하는 표정만

Every glance asks me to perform a self

So I keep my real one hidden somewhere else

보이는 게 다는 아니야

The more I’m seen, the less I feel

A perfect surface, something almost real

Pre-Chorus

Breathing shallow, thinking clear

아무도 못 봐, what disappears

I keep the mask, but it wears me thin

조용히 무너져 within

Chorus

I look awake, but I’m not here

I know the script, I know the fear

All this gloss, all this noise

Barely a pulse behind the voice

I say I’m fine, but I don’t stay

사라져도 티 안 나게

Post-Chorus

Don’t call it peace

It’s only pause

Don’t call it strength

It’s learned response

verse 3

Mirror says more than I want it to

A face can lie the way a language can too

나는 나를 숨겨왔어

I’ve made a home in the in-between

Where nothing hurts enough to be seen

조용한 데 더 길어져

But silence grows where feeling should

And what I call survival, it’s not all good

Bridge

Maybe I’m not lost

Maybe I’m split

이대로 사는 법을 배웠지

Still, something in me

Wants to be known

Not for the smile

But for the unknown

Solo-instrumental

Chorus

I look awake, but I’m not here

I know the script, I know the fear

All this gloss, all