What Lies Behind

Verse 1:
And now I write as I lay
Wondering why we’re here tonight                                                                                                                        
There’s something missing inside
My smile went away for a while
 
Verse 2:
It’s getting colder and colder
Whenever I think that you hold her
You tell me things I wanna hear
But that’s not enough cuz you won’t stay here
 
Chorus 1:
Oh please tell me what lies behind those lines
You can tell me what’s going on your mind
If this is wrong then I just want to
 
Verse 3:
We kissed and missed our forever
You think this isn’t over
But you tell me that you love her
Oh what the hell
 
Chorus 2:
Oh please tell me what lies behind those lines
You can tell me what’s going on your mind
If this is wrong then I just want to
If this is wrong then I just wanna get by
If this is wrong then I just wanna let go
 
I just wanna let you go and see you smile


What Lies Behind

Blessing in the Ordinary

nobody else FT. $n8kebytez (prod.sickboi)

🎬 Song Insight — “Haunted Carousel”

“Haunted Carousel” lives in the quiet aftermath — the place you end up when the relationship is over, but the world it shaped refuses to move on. This song captures the disorienting loop of inherited consequences: familiar streets, familiar rooms, familiar routines that no longer belong to the same life. Each verse observes what’s left behind — empty cups, flickering lights, worn bus stop benches — while the chorus circles the truth that hurts the most: some endings don’t feel chosen, they feel assigned. As the song unfolds, grief slowly loosens its grip, not through closure, but through agency. By the final chorus, the carousel hasn’t stopped — but the rider has finally reclaimed the reins.

📝 Lyrics

Verse 1
Through cracked window glass, your ghost still bleeds
Past metro stops where strangers never meet my needs
Thirty-two steps to our old coffee place
Now serving shadows of a different face

Pre-Chorus
There's rust in my lungs where hope used to grow
Like autumn leaves trapped beneath December snow

Chorus
Didn't choose this haunted carousel
Spinning past the life I knew so well
Your fingerprints stain every choice I make
Building castles from the bones you break
(Building castles from the bones you break)

Verse 2
The kitchen light flickers just like before
But your coffee cup's collecting dust by the door
I've memorized each crack in these bedroom walls
Where echoes of your laughter mock these empty halls

Pre-Chorus
The mirror shows a stranger wearing my skin
Reflecting all the places I've never been

Chorus
Didn't choose this haunted carousel
Spinning past the life I knew so well
Your fingerprints stain every choice I make
Building castles from the bones you break
(Building castles from the bones you break)

Bridge
In the space between midnight and dawn
Where memories bleed into tomorrow's song
I'm learning to breathe without your air
In this house of cards you left for me to bear

Final Chorus
Still trapped on this haunted carousel
Watching as the seasons farewell
But these hands are finally mine to take
No more castles from the bones you break
No more castles from the bones you break

Outro
The bus stop bench still holds your shape
But I'm done waiting for ghosts to escape
This story's ending I'll write alone
In a language that's finally my own

💬 Personal Reflection

This song came from realizing how much of my life was built around someone else’s gravity. The places didn’t change — the routines didn’t either — but I did. Writing this felt like quietly admitting that I stayed longer than I should have, carrying choices I never made. “Haunted Carousel” isn’t about blame; it’s about recognizing when survival turns into self-erasure, and choosing — finally — to step forward anyway.

🔥 4Me2BeFree Signature

4Me2BeFree exists to give raw emotion a place to breathe. We turn lived experience into cinematic soundscapes that don’t ask listeners to be perfect — just honest. “Haunted Carousel” is part of that mission: telling the stories that sit in silence, honoring the messy middle, and proving that vulnerability isn’t weakness — it’s creative power.

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Haunted Carousel v2

From their debut album Honeymoon. My favorite track.

Is This Love - Jensen and the Flips (cover)

Kiss Me

Kiss Me - Where's Ramona

Yakap

sleep

Ang buhay ko’y
Tila isang tangkay
Ng isang munting halamang
Unti-unting namamatay

Dalangin ko’y
Ginhawa
Mula sa pagtangis
Ng aking kaluluwa

Ngunit nang ika’y dumaong
Sa dalampasigan ng puso, ang dalang
Alon ang dagitab
Na bumubuhay sa patay kong puso

Patuloy mong diligan
Ang puso kong uhaw
Sa pag-ibig mo

Dagitab

bored af so here ya go! ft. lil bro

produced by: luis felipe

ra

lara