Dead Head

Static in my veins, lights flicker red

Talking to ghosts inside my head

Say my name like it still means something

But I’ve been dead since you said nothing

Walking through fire in borrowed skin

Smile stitched tight, rot underneath

You fed me lies like holy wine

Said I was yours, but I was mine

Knuckles white, I bit my tongue

Learned real fast how to come undone

Every promise tasted fake

Every truth was mine to break

You swear you know what I’ve become

But you never saw where I’m from

I’m a dead head, breathing but numb

Heart still beats but the feeling’s gone

Say my name like you still care

I’m already fucking nowhere

Dead eyes, no regret

I don’t feel what you expect

Cut me loose, I’m better off

Yeah, I’m a dead head—so what?

I danced with fear in a loaded room

Watched love die way too soon

You called it fate, I called it control

Tried to own pieces of my soul

Blood-red signs I chose to ignore

Kept my faith on a breaking floor

Now I see you clear as glass

Just another ghost I passed

You talk like I still owe you pain

But I don’t bleed the same

I’m a dead head, breathing but numb

Heart still beats but the feeling’s gone

Say my name like you still care

I’m already fucking nowhere

Dead eyes, no regret

I don’t feel what you expect

Cut me loose, I’m better off

Yeah, I’m a dead head—so what?

If this is empty

Then let it be

I’d rather feel nothing

Than bleed for free

You can keep your fucking truth

I don’t need it to be me

No pulse

No fear

No shame

I survived

What broke me

You talk

I stare

Right through

I’m not lost

I’m just through

(guitar solo – dark, emotional, bending into chaos)

I’m a dead head, still standing tall

I didn’t lose shit—I cut it off

You want scars, you want regret

But I’m not done living yet

Dead calm, razor breath

I don’t flinch at what’s left

Say it once, get it said

I’m alive—but not for them

Dead head

Clear mind

No chains

This time