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[Intro]
Tick-tock, here comes the dark…
(Ohhh… hush now…)
Lullabies cracked, and love left marks
Shhh… don’t cry too loud…
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[Verse 1]
Footsteps down the hallway—freeze.
He’s coming home, and I can’t breathe.
Dinner’s cold, his hands are hot,
I learned early which screams you stop.
Hide the bruises, fake the laugh,
“Smile for the camera”—never asked
If I slept or if I prayed
Or if the monsters ever went away.
(They didn’t… ohhh, they didn’t.)
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[Pre-Chorus]
Blankets couldn’t block the fear,
My safe place disappeared.
Yeah, I drew in silence with broken chalk
While they screamed like love was war talk.
Ahhh… what kind of home was that?
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[Chorus]
Childhood is exactly like a recurring nightmare
Ohhh—trauma dressed like teddy bears
Lying wide-eyed in my old chair
Swallowed words that burned my throat
No fairy tales, no safety notes
Ahhh—wake me, fake me, break me again
I still flinch like I’m ten
(Still waiting for the end…)
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[Verse 2]
She called it discipline—I called it pain.
Said “you’ll thank me when you’re sane.”
But I’m still tracing shadows on my wall
Still jump when I hear footsteps in the hall.
Love came laced with blame and rules
They said I was "too soft" in school.
But no one taught me how to cry
When you’re trained to only survive.
(Yeah… just survive.)
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[Pre-Chorus]
Whispers haunt my quiet mind
Told to forget, but trauma binds
They said “just let it go, you’re grown,”
But the child in me still weeps alone
(Ohhh—she never left…)
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[Chorus]
Childhood is exactly like a recurring nightmare
Ohhh—bathing in silence, soaked in despair
Taught to tiptoe up the stairs
Every hug came with a cost
Every truth was something lost
Ahhh—wake me, fake me, break me again
Still trying to feel safe in my skin
(Still don’t know where to begin…)
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[Bridge]
And no one asks the quiet kids
What silence really is.
They just grow up with heavy hearts
And call it strength when they fall apart.
(Ohhh… still falling apart.)
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[Final Chorus]
Childhood is exactly like a recurring nightmare
Ohhh—etched in every vacant stare
Bury the truth but it’s still there
Built a mask I wear with pride
But the panic lives inside
Ahhh—wake me, fake me, shake me free
Still haunted by who I used to be
Still haunted…
By me.
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Dayzzz
