The Dayveil - Viral Wounds Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Late night, scrolling through my mentions
Every wound I share becomes their obsession
Dad's in the hospital, I'm in the studio
Turn my tears to gold, that's just what we do, though
Private conversations hit the headlines
They dissect my pain like it's their lifeline
Arabic prayers mixed with camera flashes
My culture's up for grabs, they want all the patches

[Chorus]
Watch me bleed for your clicks
Watch me bleed, yeah, that's the fix
Selling trauma by the pound
Turn my sacred into crown
Watch me bleed for your clicks
This is how a star gets rich
Trading scars for your attention
This ain't healing, just pretension

[Verse 2]
Layla said I'm playing chess with my heart
While she's analyzing every part
Power dynamics in the sheets
Turn to think pieces on the streets
They want authentic, they want raw
Till they see the depths of all my flaws
Family secrets, private hell
Become content that they can sell

[Bridge]
They say "show us everything"
Then call me broken when I sing
About the darkness that I feel
About the wounds that never heal
Commodify my daddy's pain
Watch those numbers rise again
This is how we survive now
This is how we stay alive now

[Chorus]
Watch me bleed for your clicks
Watch me bleed, yeah, that's the fix
Selling trauma by the pound
Turn my sacred into crown
Watch me bleed for your clicks
This is how a star gets rich
Trading scars for your attention
This ain't healing, just pretension

[Outro]
In this game of give and take
Wonder what's still left to break
Every view, another piece of me
Till there's nothing left to see
(Watch me bleed...)