[Intro]
Heart beating in my ears
Phone screen, bad news, more fear
World’s on fire, I’m on fumes
Still I’m breathing in this room
[Verse 1]
I’ve been arguing with shadows
Name-tag on an empty chair
Smiling at the family photos
Feeling like I’m not really there
Pills lined up by the bedside
Therapist on speed dial
Friends say “hit me if you need me”
I just stare and fake a smile
[Pre-Chorus]
Outside, sirens, headlines
Inside, landmines, fault lines
Every thought a landslide
But I’m hanging on this time
[Chorus]
I’m in crisis in my head
But I’m fighting, I’m not dead
Yeah, the storm keeps coming back
I bend, I bleed, I won’t collapse
Crisis in my head
But I’m reaching for the ledge
If the world falls out of line
I still claw my way to life
[Verse 2]
Half-rap, half-prayer under my breath
Talking big talk to this voice of death
“You ain’t winning, I’ve been broken before
I got scars as receipts from a hundred old wars”
Scroll past pain on a tiny screen
Riots, floods, and a distant scream
My chest tight, but I count to ten
Name five things that I’m standing in
[Pre-Chorus]
Outside, chaos, blue lights
Inside, “hold on, choose life”
Every breath a fistfight
But I show up every night
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[low vocal register]
I don’t need to be perfect
Just present
Just here for one more second
One more second
[build]
Talk me down, or scream along
Either way, I’m moving on
If my hands still shake
Let ‘em shake while I stay strong
[Chorus]