Shadows in my mind

I wake up to silence, it’s louder than screams

Got memories hauntin’ me deep in my dreams

Look in the mirror, don’t know who I see

Used to be hopeful, now I barely believe

Family don’t call, friends all gone

Act like they cared, but they left me alone

I built up a wall, can’t let no one in

’Cause love always hurt me more than my sins

Pain on my chest, but I smile like it’s fine

Bleedin’ inside while I’m tellin’ ’em lies

They say “stay strong,” but they don’t feel this weight

Tryna heal wounds that don’t ever relate

I’m trapped in a world that forgot how to care

Screamin’ for help but nobody there

Drownin’ in pain that I can’t define

Just tryna outrun the shadows in my mind

They don’t know the nights I been cold, I been broke

Cryin’ in the dark while I’m gaspin’ for hope

Said I was changin’, but still feel the same

The past got a grip and it’s holdin’ my name

Used to be high just to numb out the lows

Now I’m just clean but I’m fightin’ alone

This ain’t a story of glory or fame

It’s about survival while drownin’ in shame

Walkin’ through fire just hopin’ I burn

Lessons I learned, they were never your concern

They love you when you smile, hate you when you break

But I’m still here, every breath that I take

I’m trapped in a world that forgot how to care

Screamin’ for help but nobody there

Drownin’ in pain that I can’t define

Just tryna outrun the shadows in my mind

They said time heals, but the clock froze

Still hear the echoes of the doors closed

I’m still searchin’ for a light I can’t find

Lost in the maze of a tortured mind

But I won’t fold, I been through worse

Even when it hurts, I put it in a verse

This my truth, my pain, my fight

Still writin’ rhymes just to make it through the night