Voices in my head

Have you ever just wanted all the noise to stop?

All the voices telling you that you’ve done wrong

The thoughts inside your head all telling you that you're no good

The same thoughts that just might kill you

If people only understood

What went on in my mind

Then maybe I might find a way outside

Of those voices in my mind

The voices that tell me that I’ve done wrong

That blame me for every little thing

Make me overthink my actions and words

Keep replaying every moment on a loop

Just criticizing everything I’ve done

Not letting me enjoy those little things

I’ve heard so much about

I lie awake at 3 AM and watch the shadows crawl

While they whisper every mistake back against the wall

A gallery of failures hanging in the dark

Every judgment leaves a permanent, invisible mark

I try to breathe them out, I try to shut my eyes

But the silence only amplifies the weight of all their lies

Of those voices in my mind

The voices that tell me that I’ve done wrong

That blame me for every little thing

Make me overthink my actions and words

Keep replaying every moment on a loop

Just criticizing everything I’ve done

Not letting me enjoy those little things

I’ve heard so much about

Is there a volume knob for the static?

A way to make the panic systematic?

They say "just calm down, it's all in your head"

But I'm trapped in a war on the edge of my bed

Can anybody hear the screaming underneath my skin?

How do I fight a battle when the enemy is within?