"NUstalgia" lyrics

Living in my mind

Every trend fits like a hand-me-down
Frayed at the seams of my borrowed crown
Same words, same pose, same pale tattoos
I trace my thoughts, they trace you
Are they even mine?
Scroll-fed faith in a prefab face
Cut-and-paste dreams on a copied page
Every "new" sound feels déjà vu
Like I've already outgrown you

Why does nothing feel unique anymore?
I'm a rerun scene in a looping war
Every thought I think already on the shelf
Did I lose my voice or was I never myself?
Why does nothing feel unique anymore?
Just a painted mask on a plastic core
I keep digging down, but all that I find
Is everyone else living in my mind
Living in my mind
Yeah, yeah, yeah

Your heroes talk in the same three chords
Printed in grey on the same black coats
I scream my truth, but the words ring staged
Like they've been rehearsed for a thousand days

Why does nothing feel unique anymore?
I'm a rerun scene in a looping war
Every thought I think already on the shelf
Did I lose my voice or was I never myself?
Why does nothing feel unique anymore?
Just a painted mask on a plastic core
I keep digging down, but all that I find
Is everyone else living in my mind

Rip my name off the spine of the hive
If this is all a copy, why am I still alive?
Whoa

If I tear off every label
Rip out every borrowed line
Would there be a pulse beneath
Or would I flatline?

Why does nothing feel unique anymore?
I'm a rerun scene in a looping war
Every thought I think already on the shelf
Did I lose my voice or was I never myself?
Why does nothing feel unique anymore?
Just a painted mask on a plastic core
I keep digging down, but all that I find
Is everyone else living in my mind
Living in my mind