A late-night lyric about the exhaustion of overthinking and emotional numbness.
Burned alive again
88rising's 'Mind Games' came out in 2021, featuring Jackson Wang. The song opens with 'Middle of the night, askin' why I've been thinking twice for so long,' setting up a restless, introspective mood. It's a track that leans into the collective's knack for blending R&B textures with personal, inward-looking lyrics.
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 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 way 'voices on a loop' echoes into 'indecipherable' has a worn-out, static quality that sticks with you.
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