In My Peripheral

Verse 1

Footsteps breathing down the hallway of my mind

Streetlight flickers, swear I saw your outline

Windows whisper every secret that I keep

Every mirror’s got a stranger staring back at me

Got a chill in my spine, got static in my head

Every shadow moving like it wants me dead

I lock the doors but I leave the lights low

‘Cause I feel you more when I’m alone

Pre-Chorus

You don’t speak, you don’t blink

You don’t need a face

You’re the echo in the corners

Of every empty place

Chorus

You’re in my peripheral

Living in the afterglow

Dark silhouette in the rearview mirror

Everywhere I go

You’re in my peripheral

Breathing down my soul

Cold hands crawling up my spine

Yeah, I feel you close

I don’t see you straight on

But I know you’re there

You’re the weight on my chest

You’re the static in the air

Verse 2

You move like smoke through the cracks in the wall

Got your fingerprints on every late-night call

Heartbeat racing, but I don’t make a sound

You don’t hunt loud — you just hang around

Every sidewalk feels like borrowed ground

Every empty room’s a battleground

You don’t chase, you don’t run

You just wait till I’m undone

Pre-Chorus

You don’t knock, you don’t plead

You just slip inside

Like a ghost wearing my fears

With my eyes

Chorus

You’re in my peripheral

Living in the afterglow

Dark silhouette in the rearview mirror

Everywhere I go

You’re in my peripheral

Breathing down my soul

Cold hands crawling up my spine

Yeah, I feel you close

I don’t see you straight on

But I know you’re there

You’re the weight on my chest

You’re the static in the air

Bridge (Breakdown)

I turn around — you fade to black

I hit the floor — you’re on my back

I scream your name — you never answer

You’re my fear in a human-shaped shadow

Tick-tock in my veins

You feed on doubt, you drink my pain

You don’t bleed, you don’t break

You just wait…

You just wait.

Build

You’re the blur in the hallway

The crack in the glass

The second heartbeat

I never asked

You’re the whisper behind me

The lie I believe

You don’t need eyes

To watch me breathe

Final Chorus

You’re in my peripheral

Burning in the afterglow

Dark silhouette in the rearview mirror

Everywhere I go

You’re in my peripheral

Carved into my bones

Cold hands crawling up my spine

Yeah, I’m never alone

I don’t see you straight on

But I know you’re there

You’re the weight on my chest

You’re the static in the air

Outro

So I keep moving, I don’t slow down

Try to outrun what’s already found me now

You don’t follow footprints

You follow fear

Yeah…

You’re always here.