signed in blood

**Title: Signed in Blood** Verse 1: I lit my dreams on fire just to watch 'em burn, Thought the fame would heal me, but it ain't my turn. Every night feels colder, neon lights don't shine, Just shadows in my chest and voices in my mind. I traded love for numbers, traded truth for the stage, Now my heart's a cage — and I'm the rat in the rage. Smiles on the surface, but my soul's in chains, Ink drips red in the contract with my veins. Hook: I sold my soul for the spotlight glow, But the spotlight fades and the pain still grows. Dancing in the ashes of the man I knew, All that's left now is the deal I drew. Verse 2: They told me, “Be a legend, be a name they chant,” But legends die slow in the things they can't. I’m choking on gold, drowning in applause, Every hand that claps hides a set of claws. Money buys silence, but it can't buy peace, Success tastes sweet but it rots like meat. My reflection’s a stranger, eyes black as coal, I didn’t sign my name, I tattooed my soul. Hook: I sold my soul for the spotlight glow, But the spotlight fades and the pain still grows. Dancing in the ashes of the man I knew, All that's left now is the deal I drew. Outro: Now I stand in the hollow, with the echoes and shame, An empty shell with a counterfeit name. If the Devil ever asks, tell him I played my role, But fame’s just a prison — and it swallowed me whole.