Iron In My Head

Teeth in the mirror

They’re grinning like they know my name

Nails on the wallpaper

Scratching out the same old shame

Every thought a sharpened wire

Wrapped around my breathing chest

They say I’m nothing but the quiet

I’m the crack

Not the crest

But I feel

A spark under the skin

If they’re gonna drag me under

I’ll drag them in

I’m fighting all the voices in my head

Till they choke on every word they ever said

You want my fear?

You’ll have to take my breath instead

I’m not your ghost

I’m iron in my head

Iron in my head (hey!)

Iron in my—

They circle like vultures

Picking at the softest part

Every doubt a sutured scripture

Stapled to my beating heart

They say “sink

Little sinner

You were never meant to stand”

But I’ve bled from every finger

Just to learn my own command

I still shake

But I’m not breaking thin

If they’re gonna pull me under

I’ll pull them in

I’m fighting all the voices in my head

Till they choke on every word they ever said

You want my fear?

You’ll have to take my breath instead

I’m not your ghost

I’m iron in my head

Iron in my head (oh yeah)

Iron in my—

[Music drops to clean

Distant guitars]

Whose mouth is this

Spitting in my sleep?

Whose hands are these

Trying to make me weak?

I bite back hard

Taste rust

Taste red

I’m louder than

The choir in my head

I’m fighting all the voices in my head

Let them drown beneath the things I’ve never said

You want my life?

You’ll have to break this will of lead

I’m not your ghost

I’m iron in my head

Iron in my head (hey!)

Iron in my head