Leaving Myself Behind

(Verse 1)

The sky inside me’s burning red,

Every thought’s a siren in my head.

I built my walls, they’re caving in,

A silent war I’ll never win.

(Pre-Chorus)

Every promise I made turns to dust in my hands,

Every echo reminds me I don’t understand.

(Chorus)

I’m leaving myself behind,

Chasing the light I’ll never find.

Fighting a ghost I made in my mind,

I’m losing, I’m losing —

But I still try.

(Verse 2)

I see the stars, they don’t see me,

Their silence is my elegy.

I reach for hope but it fades away,

A shadow whispers, “You can’t stay.”

(Pre-Chorus)

Every step that I take pulls me further apart,

Every heartbeat rewrites who I thought that I was.

(Chorus)

I’m leaving myself behind,

Chasing the light I’ll never find.

Fighting a ghost I made in my mind,

I’m losing, I’m losing —

But I still try.

(Bridge)

If I could forgive the war in my head,

Maybe I’d see the dawn instead.

But the battle’s not out there, it’s in me —

And I’m the only enemy.

(Final Chorus / Outro)

I’m leaving myself behind,

Not to escape, but to survive.

If I can’t win this fight inside,

I’ll still rise, I’ll still rise —

One last time.