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“Famous Last Words” — SKARLEY (slow piano… rain… cigarette ember glow) I learned young that the loudest cry Ain’t always the one that makes noise… Sometimes it’s a smile at the wrong time… A joke at a funeral… Or a kid saying “I’m fine” with dead eyes. (bass drops) Verse 1 I got scars in my syntax, pain in my posture, Raised by the wolves now the lambs scream “slaughter,” Half of my halo got ash on the copper, Other half still tryna pray for my father. I was knee-deep in the grief, no sleep, no peace, World cold enough to make a warm soul freeze, Everybody wanna judge from a nosebleed seat, But they never saw the ghosts that approached my dreams. I seen addicts with angel wings tucked in their sleeves, Seen rich men rot while the poor still feed, Seen kids lose hope before they lose baby teeth, Tell me what the fuck that does to belief? So I wrote like my veins got ink in ‘em, Spoke like the truth got a switchblade hinge in it, Every damn lyric got fingerprints, From nights I survived what should’ve finished me. Hook These my famous last words— “If I die, let it echo.” Tell the lost souls: “You were never the devil.” Tell the kids with the cut wrists, Pain ain’t permanent weather, And the storms in your head Don’t last forever. These my famous last words… “I was hurt… but I still chose heart.” Even in the dark. Even in the dark. Verse 2 Mirror mirror on the wall—who survived it all? Little Skarley in the glass still crying soft. I became the adult that I needed then, Now I weaponize wisdom through bleeding pens. I made art outta agony, truth outta tragedy, Turned panic attacks into verbal savagery, Everybody loves scars once they profitable, But nobody helps when the wound still actionable. That’s facts. I got nightmares stitched inside melodies, PTSD dancing slow with my memories, But I still walk tall when the devil keeps testing me, Cause broken ain’t hopeless—it’s chemistry. I was almost another cold case statistic, Another lost girl gone numb and addictive, But God whispered low through the sirens and sickness: “You survived for a reason—now speak it.” Hook These my famous last words— “If I die, let it echo.” Tell the outsiders: “You don’t gotta stay hollow.” Tell the mothers still searching, Tell the sons feeling worthless, There’s a version of you That survives what hurts you. These my famous last words… “I forgive… but I never forget.” That’s survival, not revenge. Bridge And if Heaven got a back door— I’ll probably sneak in laughing, Steel-toe boots, chipped wings, Heart full of old reactions. Tell God I tried my best With a brain at war with itself, And if love was the lesson— Then maybe pain was the textbook. (beat cuts… heartbeat only) Final Verse So when they carve my name in stone, Don’t write “victim.” Don’t write “crazy.” Don’t write “lost.” Write: “She turned suffering into signal fires.” Write: “She gave hope to people Who thought hope forgot them.” Write: “She walked through hell And came back holding matches.” Outro These my famous last words… “You can break a person… Without breaking their light.” —SKARLEY