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Playing Dead
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Pop
Playing Dead was released on September 12, 2025 by Elio Mei as a part of the album A Thousand Songs About It All: Act 1
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Release DateSeptember 12, 2025
LabelElio Mei
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM77

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Elio Mei
Elio Mei
Performer
Scrawny
Scrawny
Programming
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Elio Mei
Elio Mei
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Elio Mei
Elio Mei
Vocal Recording Engineer
Scrawny
Scrawny
Mixing Engineer
J. Hutchinson
J. Hutchinson
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
No, I don't go to parties
I'm California sober and I'm lame
I'm too sad for that setting
I'm boring and I wouldn't change a
Thing, thing
Oh, oh
[Verse 2]
My speech is slurring lately
I know it's a slippery slope
I thought it would cure me
I thought it would maybe help me cope
[PreChorus]
But nope, I'm addicted to feeling numb
I choke up when I think of the things I could've
Done, done instead
Oh
[Chorus]
I crave that rise in dopamine
So much I may throw my brain away
Just to get so high I feel
Nothing again, till I pop another the next day
And let the thoughts all fade away
My memory is leaving me
I'll fade to nothing at this rate
[Refrain]
Oh
Oh
Oh
Oh
[Verse 3]
Not a social smoker
Not a social person, first of all
Not a happy stoner
I lay there like a five-foot tall rag doll
Doll, doll
Oh, oh
[Verse 4]
I know that I'll regret it
I'll regret it
Hours every day just playing dead
Morning resurrected
Resurrected
A zombie rising from a dirty bed
[PreChorus]
And yet, I ignore my declining health
My self is an unrecognizable
Silhouette, silhouette
Oh, oh
[Chorus]
I crave that rise in dopamine
So much I may throw my brain away
Just to get so high I feel
Nothing again, till I pop another the next day
And let the thoughts all fade away
My memory is leaving me
I'll fade to nothing at this rate
[Refrain]
Oh
Too late to stop, I'm really not sure how
Oh
Give it a shot, you're all that you've got now
Oh
Too late to stop, I'm really not sure how
Oh
Give it a shot, you're all that you've got now
[Bridge]
That leaf might as well be pomegranate seeds
The past years were hell, now it's purgatory
With nobody to blame this time, except for me
[Chorus]
But I crave that rise in dopamine
So much I may throw my brain away
Just to get so high I feel
Nothing again, till I pop another the next day
And let the thoughts all fade away
My memory is leaving me
I'll fade to nothing at this rate
[Outro]
Fade to nothing at this rate
Written by: Elio Mei
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