A late-night lyric about the exhaustion of overthinking and emotional numbness.
A late-night lyric about the exhaustion of overthinking and emotional numbness.
The lyric circles back to 'repaint your portrait' as a quiet act of defiance.
It's not about fixing the numbness, but about crafting a convincing facade so the world thinks you're okay.
A late-night lyric about the exhaustion of overthinking and emotional numbness.
Burned alive again
The lyric circles back to 'repaint your portrait' as a quiet act of defiance. It's not about fixing the numbness, but about crafting a convincing facade so the world thinks you're okay.
The phrase 'mannequin in a world of emotion' gets at that feeling of being hollowed out by your own thoughts. You're present but numb, watching feelings happen around you without really feeling them yourself. It's less about sadness and more about a kind of emotional paralysis that comes from playing too many 'mind games.'
It's a stark, almost violent image for the repetitive toll of overthinking. Not just hurt, but scorched, and the 'again' makes it feel inevitable.
The way 'voices on a loop' echoes into 'indecipherable' has a worn-out, static quality that sticks with you.
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Middle of the night, askin' why
I've been thinking twice for so long
Playin' mind (Playin' mind)
Playin' mind games
Burned alive again
Can't escape the notion
I'm a mannequin in a world of emotion (numb)
Let's repaint your portrait
We can make them think you feel alright
Come and take a bite of this and
Make them think you feel alright
Who says I wanna think it through?
Who says I wanna play these mind games anymore?
This revelation's overdue
Who says I wanna play these mind games anymore?
Voices on a loop
And the tape distorts so
Indecipherable, till it makes my mind go (numb)
Let's rеpaint your portrait
We can make them think you feel alright
Comе and take a bite of this and
Make them think you feel alright
Who says I wanna think it through?
Who says I wanna play these mind games anymore?
This revelation's overdue
Who says I wanna play these mind games anymore?
Middle of the night, askin' why
I've been thinking twice for so long
Playin' mind (playin' mind)
Playin' mind games
Middle of the night, askin' why
I've been thinking twice for so long
Playin' mind (playin' mind)
Playin' mind games
Who says I wanna think it through? (Oh, oh-oh)
Who says I wanna play these mind games anymore? (Anymore)
This revelation's overdue (oh)
Who says I wanna play these mind games anymore?
Middle of the night, askin' why
I've been thinking twice for so long
Playin' mind (yeah)
Playin' mind games
Middle of the night, askin' why
I've been thinking twice for so long
Playin' mind
Playin' mind games (oh, why?)
A late-night lyric about the exhaustion of overthinking and emotional numbness. The lyric circles back to 'repaint your portrait' as a quiet act of defiance. It's not about fixing the numbness, but about crafting a convincing facade so the world thinks you're okay.
88rising performs "Mind Games (feat. Jackson Wang)", and this lyric page sits inside the 88rising catalog on LyroVerse.
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