“Dream Turned Nightmare” captures Xilence reflecting on a relationship that once felt like everything he needed, but slowly revealed itself to be toxic and damaging. What started as love and escape turns into manipulation, loss of identity, and emotional conflict. The track explores the shift from illusion to reality where the person he trusted most becomes the source of his pain, forcing him to confront the truth and rebuild himself. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (Lyrics) [Intro] Yeah… You don’t miss the person You miss who you were Before they taught you how to hate [Verse 1] She looked like salvation, spoke poison in tongues Had me thinking I was chosen while she loaded the gun Played victim, played innocent, played me like a role Took a knife to my heart then asked why I’m cold I was starving for love, she fed me deceit Every kiss tasted sweet, every promise was weak Said forever was real, then she lied to my face Watched me bleed in slow motion, called it “space” I bent till I snapped, tried to heal while she fed On the cracks in my chest and the war in my head She didn’t want peace, she wanted control Kept me broken on purpose so I’d never let go [Pre-Chorus] I was building a future, she was digging a grave Smiling while she watched me rot, calling it fate I gave her my heart, she sharpened the blade Now love feels like something I survive, not chase [Chorus] She was the girl of my dreams, now she lives in my rage Turned my heart into a cage, turned my trust into chains What I loved turned violent, what I felt turned to hate She ain’t heaven no more — she the hell that I escaped Yeah, she was the girl of my dreams, now I flinch when I sleep Every memory hits like a fist to my teeth I don’t pray for her peace, I just pray I’m awake ’Cause love like that don’t break — it scars and it stays [Verse 2] She twisted my words, then blamed me for knots Had me questioning sanity, losing my thoughts Said I was unstable, said I needed her grip Funny how I got stronger the moment I slipped She fed off reactions, the chaos, the pain Said I changed when I stopped playing part in her games She loved me dependent, hated me free Loved the broken version, not the man in me I was fighting my demons, she was betting they’d win Kept pouring gasoline, then called it “helping” again If love was a war, she enjoyed the sound Of my heart hitting pavement when she knocked it down [Pre-Chorus] I don’t miss her touch, I miss my spine I lost myself trying to make her mine I bled for a dream that was dead from the start Now I move like a ghost with a locked-up heart [Chorus] She was the girl of my dreams, now she lives in my rage Turned my heart into a cage, turned my trust into chains What I loved turned violent, what I felt turned to hate She ain’t heaven no more — she the hell that I escaped Yeah, she was the girl of my dreams, now I flinch when I sleep Every memory hits like a fist to my teeth I don’t pray for her peace, I just pray I’m awake ’Cause love like that don’t break — it scars and it stays [Bridge] I survived her affection, survived her lies Survived loving someone who fed off my cries If this made me colder, then good — let it be I’d rather be numb than chained to a dream You call it love, I call it war You call it fate, I call it scars You were my dream, now you’re the proof That nightmares wear familiar shoes [Outro] She didn’t ruin me She revealed me And I don’t bleed for dreams anymoremore