10. Fake Dream | Total Failed | The crippling weight of an artificial lifestyle
@listingmine-music
Lifestyle illusion and cashflow failure. The track exposes the gap between the flashy, successful image projected on social media and the crushing reality of clawbacks, debt, and having to count loose coins at a petrol station just to maintain the appearance of a wealthy agency boss.
Handover photos on the feed
Big mock cheque, perfect smile
Marble lobby, trophy wall
Success rented for a while
Leased German car outside
Card limit bleeding thin
Luxury watch on my wrist
Bank app shaking underneath
I told the team we were growing
Told recruits the future bright
But rent came before commission
And sleep left before midnight
Portal credits burned again
Billboard invoice overdue
Same bright logo on the wall
Same dark hole I fell into
From outside, I looked like proof
From inside, I knew the cost
Every dream I sold to them
Was already almost lost
Fake dream
Polished shoes, empty tank
Big smile, no cash in bank
Fake dream
Luxury lights, broken floor
I looked like a boss
But I owed even more
Fake dream
They saw the stage
I saw the bill
I kept the image standing
While the whole thing killed
Then the email came at night
Developer subject line
Clawback clause in black and white
Buyer default, loan stage five
Advance commission reversed
Ten thousand back again
Team already took their split
I swallowed all the pain
One agent asked about payout
One landlord chased the rent
One trainer wanted allowance
One banker asked where files went
I forwarded calm replies
With my hands starting to shake
Boss must never look afraid
Even when the numbers break
Stopped at the petrol station
After pitching like a king
Yellow fuel light blinking
Like it knew everything
Checked the bank before I paid
Twenty ringgit felt too high
Man in suit beside the pump
Learning how prestige can die
One hour ago, I sold the dream
Told them scale was on the way
Now I’m counting loose coins
Just to get through one more day
Fake dream
Polished shoes, empty tank
Big smile, no cash in bank
Fake dream
Luxury lights, broken floor
I looked like a boss
But I owed even more
Fake dream
Mock cheque, real debt
Big sign, cold sweat
I built the image higher
Than the business ever grew
Keep smiling for the photo
Keep standing for the team
Do not wake the agents
From the fake dream
Bright logo
Dead screen
Full suit
No fuel
I sold success
Until I could not afford
To drive home
Big mock cheque, perfect smile
Marble lobby, trophy wall
Success rented for a while
Leased German car outside
Card limit bleeding thin
Luxury watch on my wrist
Bank app shaking underneath
I told the team we were growing
Told recruits the future bright
But rent came before commission
And sleep left before midnight
Portal credits burned again
Billboard invoice overdue
Same bright logo on the wall
Same dark hole I fell into
From outside, I looked like proof
From inside, I knew the cost
Every dream I sold to them
Was already almost lost
Fake dream
Polished shoes, empty tank
Big smile, no cash in bank
Fake dream
Luxury lights, broken floor
I looked like a boss
But I owed even more
Fake dream
They saw the stage
I saw the bill
I kept the image standing
While the whole thing killed
Then the email came at night
Developer subject line
Clawback clause in black and white
Buyer default, loan stage five
Advance commission reversed
Ten thousand back again
Team already took their split
I swallowed all the pain
One agent asked about payout
One landlord chased the rent
One trainer wanted allowance
One banker asked where files went
I forwarded calm replies
With my hands starting to shake
Boss must never look afraid
Even when the numbers break
Stopped at the petrol station
After pitching like a king
Yellow fuel light blinking
Like it knew everything
Checked the bank before I paid
Twenty ringgit felt too high
Man in suit beside the pump
Learning how prestige can die
One hour ago, I sold the dream
Told them scale was on the way
Now I’m counting loose coins
Just to get through one more day
Fake dream
Polished shoes, empty tank
Big smile, no cash in bank
Fake dream
Luxury lights, broken floor
I looked like a boss
But I owed even more
Fake dream
Mock cheque, real debt
Big sign, cold sweat
I built the image higher
Than the business ever grew
Keep smiling for the photo
Keep standing for the team
Do not wake the agents
From the fake dream
Bright logo
Dead screen
Full suit
No fuel
I sold success
Until I could not afford
To drive home