Experience the haunting journey of a shattered individual grappling with inner demons and the struggle between their past and present selves. 'Dark Paradise' delves deep into themes of isolation, self-destruction, and the quest for identity in a world that often feels deceptively connected yet profoundly lonely.
Verse 1: Don Toliver
I tore my friend groups apart, for what?
Chasing shadows, it left me with a cut
Feelin' demolished by my own selfish lust
Driftin' away, now my circle's dust
Pre-Chorus: Ariana Grande
I’m alone in my bubble, can’t reach out
All my friends now just blurred, no doubt
An expired star, lookin’ for a new sky
But in this dark, I only question why
Chorus: Billie Eilish
Why trust when it’s all a façade?
Only money keeps it from bein’ hard
Fake love is better than no one at all
I lie broken, but I can stand tall
Verse 2: Travis Scott
Back to my roots, toxic and cruel
Playin’ the game, yeah I’m no one’s fool
In their arms, no longer I fall
Back to hurtin' others, breakin' walls
Bridge: Don Toliver & Billie Eilish
Scars inside, can’t be X-rayed
In this Babylon, memories fade
The child, the tower, they all coexist
Protectin' my soul, but pain persists
Chorus: Ariana Grande
Why trust when it’s all a façade?
Only money keeps it from bein’ hard
Fake love is better than no one at all
I lie broken, but I can stand tall
Verse 3: Billie Eilish
The darkness within, it keeps me whole
An endless void, swallowing my soul
People I've lost, driven insane
Underneath, it’s just masked pain
Verse 4: Travis Scott
The scars unseen, but I feel the weight
Masquerades and lies, can’t escape my fate
Am I the fake? Or was the real me lost?
Gambled my soul, now I pay the cost
Pre-Chorus: Ariana Grande
Embrace my darkness, let it resound
In this chaos, my real self is found
No more mirages, just let it unfold
This dark paradise, it’s my story told
Chorus: Billie Eilish
Why trust when it’s all a façade?
Only money keeps it from bein’ hard
Fake love is better than no one at all
I lie broken, but I can stand tall
Outro: Don Toliver, Billie Eilish, Ariana Grande, Travis Scott
Fall back to me, let the cycle begin
Embrace the darkness, let me win
We are one, no we, just I
In this dark paradise, we’ll never die
[Intro] Don Toliver Em C G D [Verse 1] Don Toliver Em C G D I tore my friend groups apart, for what? Em C G D Chasing shadows, it left me with a cut Em C G D Feelin' demolished by my own selfish lust Em C G D Driftin' away, now my circle's dust [Pre-Chorus] Ariana Grande Am F C G I’m alone in my bubble, can’t reach out Am F C G All my friends now just blurred, no doubt Am F C G An expired star, lookin’ for a new sky Am F C G But in this dark, I only question why [Chorus] Billie Eilish Em C G D Why trust when it’s all a façade? Em C G D Only money keeps it from bein’ hard Em C G D Fake love is better than no one at all Em C G D I lie broken, but I can stand tall [Verse 2] Travis Scott Em C G D Back to my roots, toxic and cruel Em C G D Playin’ the game, yeah I’m no one’s fool Em C G D In their arms, no longer I fall Em C G D Back to hurtin' others, breakin' walls [Bridge] Don Toliver & Billie Eilish Am F C G Scars inside, can’t be X-rayed Am F C G In this Babylon, memories fade Am F C G The child, the tower, they all coexist Am F C G Protectin' my soul, but pain persists [Chorus] Ariana Grande Em C G D Why trust when it’s all a façade? Em C G D Only money keeps it from bein’ hard Em C G D Fake love is better than no one at all Em C G D I lie broken, but I can stand tall [Verse 3] Billie Eilish Em C G D The darkness within, it keeps me whole Em C G D An endless void, swallowing my soul Em C G D People I've lost, driven insane Em C G D Underneath, it’s just masked pain [Verse 4] Travis Scott Em C G D The scars unseen, but I feel the weight Em C G D Masquerades and lies, can’t escape my fate Em C G D Am I the fake? Or was the real me lost? Em C G D Gambled my soul, now I pay the cost [Pre-Chorus] Ariana Grande Am F C G Embrace my darkness, let it resound Am F C G In this chaos, my real self is found Am F C G No more mirages, just let it unfold Am F C G This dark paradise, it’s my story told [Chorus] Billie Eilish Em C G D Why trust when it’s all a façade? Em C G D Only money keeps it from bein’ hard Em C G D Fake love is better than no one at all Em C G D I lie broken, but I can stand tall [Outro] Don Toliver, Billie Eilish, Ariana Grande, Travis Scott Am F C G Fall back to me, let the cycle begin Am F C G Embrace the darkness, let me win Am F C G We are one, no we, just I Am F C G In this dark paradise, we’ll never die
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I split all my friend groups apart
And for what
For nothing
For being demolished
By my own selfish feelings toward a certain individual from a group
I drifted apart from everyone
I all alone in my own bubble
All my friends are no longer my friends are aquaintance
I am no longer a part of anyone's life
Not even mine
I am just an expired popular guy
That wanted to have many friends and remained without no one
In this life u cant trust anything and anyone and the worst is yourself
The only certain thing u can have is money bcs everything will follow it
Even if its fake people at least u will no longer be alone
Alone in your own buuble
Alone in your own thoughts
Alone in your own monstrosity
Alone in your own darkness
Alone
After being broke apart for the last time after evolving as a person
You realize that
Going back to your old self
The one that was toxic, manipulating people and playing them
Was the right choice all along
Why try to be someone better
When people are not
Just go back
To your old roots
Just go back to being like the old you
Because then at least you will never be hurt
Go back to hurting others
Go back to the mastermind you once were
Just maybe
Just maybe u will be again
One piece
Just for a moment
Just for a second
Just for a ......
Just for ......
Now for the last time
Im gonna go back to
My old ways
Just to become the old me
Just to become immune to my pain in my soul
Just to become again soulless
Just to become again a beautiful nightmare
For the people that fall into my arms
Not for me to fall into their arms
I dont want to become my old self
I dont
But for my own good
I will have to live like that
This hate love for my own body
For my own duality
The other side is winning more than my evolved self
I think
I think
Im goin
To be
The
Darkness of my own soul
The darkness of my own person
The darkness that will keep me together
The darkness that will kill everything inside me
Like before
The darkness that made me the way i am now
The scars from before never healed
The scars of my own evilness are still here
The people that i lost
The poeple that still hate me
The people ive driven insane
The people who hurt themselves over me
The me who did it over me
The other me who was caged
The me who caged himself
The me who killed himself
The other me who created a monster
The scars that remained after all of these years
They cant be seen on my body
They cant be seen on the x ray
Those scars can only be seen by me
Inside of my babylon tower
Inside of my library of memories
Inside of my own personality
The one that is now shown to people
The one that is hidden beneath a tower
The one that is hidden not for its destructive power
But for its protection
The one that you see in a child
The one that is innocent and pure without malice
The one that speaks from the soul
The one that you wish it was addressed to you
The one that speaks so pure you can feel it
But thats never gonna come back
It is?
In this world you cant let your only hope
Being touched
By another human being
Be it love be it friendship be it family
Once they touch it
They can tear it
And tear by tear
It will get so deformed
You will never be able to repair it
And if it is damaged
You will lose yourself
Forever
That was
The only real self
You had in this whole time
The one u show to people the one you show to this world
That is the mask of your soul protecting it
The one you show to your mother , the one you show to your father that is the mask of your kindness
The one you show to your friends that is the mask of your happiness
The one you show to your lover is the mask that can be destroyed by the same love you show and your soul with it
The only mask you cant show is your inner mask
Even that one is a lie to yourself for your own good
Even the only thing only you can see its a mask
So why can it still hurt ?
Why even to the mask
The pain
Can still be felt
To your inner soul
To your inner existence
To your only innocence
To your only thing separating you from the one the world is molding
Why?
Why?
Why is this feeling not a physical pain
But an inner pain ?
Why can i feel a pain that is not on my body
Why is there a pain inside of me
Why it is that i am feeling good but a constant pain in my chest is creeping
And its becoming worse
I cant feel anything other than this pain from the inside
Why do I only feel this?
Why?
It is better to not feel anything at all
Than to feel a second a happiness and an eternal pain from the inside
Maybe it is
Maybe i should just go back
And never come back
From my own self
No
From my old self
That is not a part of me right?
It was just a mask right?
That is not truly me right?
The one that was like that right?
The one that killed right?
The one that hurt right?
The one that fought right?
The one that hurt even his own parents right?
The one that did not feel anything for his own blood suffering right?
The one that did not feel anything for his own blood dying right?
The one that did not feel anything right?
The one that anger took over right?
The one that looked not at people but tools right?
The one that ruined people right?
The one that stole right?
The one that lied right?
The one that manipulated right?
The one that broke apart things right?
The one that ....
The one right?
Right?
Maybe i am
Maybe its time to erase this fake personality build on top of my real self
MAYBE I AM REALY THAT
MAYBE THAT WAS ALL I WAS
MAYBE ITS TIME TO STOP LYING TO MYSELF
THAT I AM NOT
THAT IVE CHANGED
THAT
THAT
No
Yes
Yes
That me that ive created was a mask for the old me to not be around anymore because i did not like him anymore
To kill him
But i cant kill myself
Until i really kill myself
So
Here we are
Again the old me revived
Again the old me killed the one that took over
Again
The cycle continues
And every time
The one that wins
Is me
The real me
The one that u want to disappear
The one that is your past
The one real trauma that made him be him
The real feelings
The real plans you made but never took action cause you suppressed yourself
What could of happen
You had the plans
The technology was not there at that time
No one would of blamed you a mere child
Even if they did
You would not get anything
Yes
Yes
Yes
I am truly me
No you are not truly me
Yes you are right
Because there is no truly you
Its just all you
Even the one you hate even the one you love
But wait
Because of your beautiful tower of babylon
There is actually a real you
Youve made all of these personalities
All these mirages not personalities
Mirages from yourself
Like a man standing in front of multiple mirrors
There is only one real
The rest are mere reflections of your true self
So where is the original one
Where is the real you?
Where is the real you?
Where?
It is hidden?
It is in plain sight?
Youve made him a personality thinking it was not the real you?
You made him be a fake thing and killed him?
You killed the real you ?
How can u be sure u are not the fake one right now?
How can u be sure you never discarded your real self?
Can I be sure ?
Can I?
YES I CAN
When everything falls apart
All the fakes are washed once again
Only the real you remains
Like a lighthouse in the middle of the ocean
You stand there
Alone
With a single light guiding you
Towards your real self
Even if its evil or not
Thats the only one you have remaining
Do you take the gamble or die before finding out?
Do you go for the light to discover yourself or create another mirage?
Do you take the gamble?
Do you look at the light?
Do you even want yourself?
Yes you go and see there is nothing
Nothing
Absolutely nothing
Just another mirage youve made yourself
For your own protection
Protection from yourself
Or its not a mirage
And you are truly empty
After all these years
After all these abuses
After all these fights
After all these girls and friends
After all these problems
Are u empty and just creating personas
So you can have people even if they are fake
Talking to you
And you talking to them
Are u really creating people inside of you to talk to ?
No you are not
You are keeping yourself distracted with stories
You want to not remember you
You dont want to be reminded what u did
You want to keep talking so you will never have time for you
You keep creating conversations inside of your head so you can not hear yourself
By doing that u ensure your voice remains forever forgotten
But in the end
When your walls are falling
And your personas are breaking
And you remain with pain
The only real you
Remains
Telling you
That you should just go back
Go back to yourself
You dont need anything else
FALL BACK
FALL BACK TO YOU
EMBRACE YOURSELF
COME BACK
COME BACK
LET IT GO
LET ME TAKE OVER
LET ME EMBRACE YOUR SOUL ONCE AGAIN
LET ME CONTROL YOU AGAIN
LET ME TAKE COMMAND OF YOUR DESIRES AND MAKE EM REAL
LET ME BRING SUFFERING TO THE PEOPLE YOU HATE
LET ME EXPLODE
LET YOURSELF EXPLODE
ITS TIME TO GO ON A KILLIN SPREE
ITS TIME TO CONTACT EVERYONE AGAIN
ITS TIME TO REBUILD YOUR ROTATION
ITS TIME TO GRAB PEOPLE AGAIN
ITS TIME TO MANIPULATE PEOPLE AGAIN
ITS TIME TO SLOWLY DESTROY PEOPLE
ITS TIME TO SLOWLY RUIN RELATIONSHIPS FOR YOUR OWN GAIN
ITS TIME TO RUIN PEOPLE FOR YOUR OWN GAIN
ITS TIME FOR YOURSELF TO GAIN FROM THESE PEOPLE AND FRIENDS
ITS TIME TO GET BACK WHAT YOU LOST IN THESE YEARS
ITS TIME FOR AN OVERDOSE OF YOUR OWN REAL SELF
LET YOURSELF GO
LET ME IN CONTROL
LET YOURSELF BECOME YOU AGAIN
LET ME BECOME YOU AGAIN
Your mind is my mind
Your body is my body
You are me and i am you
We are we
We are now a single you
And you are we
There is no we just I
And I am in control
Only I
Don Toliver, Billie Eilish, Travis Scott, Ariana Grande