Intro – spoken, raw, tense]
Ugh… I can’t run from this anymore.
Every chain drags me back to the past…
⸻
[Verse 1 – stop–go, sharp delivery]
Every scar is a tie I can’t sever,
Every memory feels like forever.
I cut the rope, but it pulls me back,
Living on the edge of a heart attack.
I hear echoes of the pain I’ve known,
Every voice is a ghost I own.
I try to heal but the wound won’t hide,
I’m alive, but I’m dead inside.
⸻
[Pre-Chorus – building, falsetto + grit]
And I can’t escape (escape!),
The trauma in my veins.
Every step I take,
Drags me back again.
⸻
[Chorus – soaring, anthemic]
I’m traumatized, I can’t break free,
These trauma ties are strangling me.
I scream for help, but no one comes,
Just shadows dancing in my lungs.
I’m traumatized, I can’t let go,
A prisoner of the pain I know.
The chains I wear are all I find…
I’m traumatized inside my mind.
⸻
[Verse 2 – heavier, guitars punch in]
Every night is a war I fight,
Dreams turn cruel when I close my eyes.
I bury hurt in a shallow grave,
But the dirt just whispers my name.
I’ve been running but the past won’t fade,
Every bond is a curse I made.
No salvation, no disguise,
Just another day I’m traumatized.
⸻
[Pre-Chorus – repeat, screamed harmony behind]
And I can’t escape (escape!),
The trauma in my veins.
Every step I take,
Drags me back again.
⸻
[Chorus – repeat, bigger]
I’m traumatized, I can’t break free,
These trauma ties are strangling me.
I scream for help, but no one comes,
Just shadows dancing in my lungs.
I’m traumatized, I can’t let go,
A prisoner of the pain I know.
The chains I wear are all I find…
I’m traumatized inside my mind.
⸻
[Bridge – breakdown, screamed / half-time]
TEAR THE CHAINS! (tear the chains!)
LET ME BLEED AWAY THE PAIN!
EVERY TIE I TRY TO HIDE—
DRAGS ME DEEPER, TRAUMATIZED!
(whisper → scream)
TRAUMATIZED!
⸻
[Final Chorus – soaring, layered screams + clean vocals]
I’m traumatized, I can’t break free,
These trauma ties are strangling me.
I scream for help, but no one comes,
Just shadows dancing in my lungs.
I’m traumatized, I can’t let go,
A prisoner of the pain I know.
The chains I wear are all I find…
I’m traumatized inside my mind.
⸻
[Outro – fragile, piano/heartbeat fade]
Inside my mind…
I’m traumatized.
jamespatterson