Hostile takeover by Rin - Zona

Hostile takeover by Rin - Zona

Lyrics

Verse 1

I wake up in a room I built

With walls I can’t remember

Every picture on the shelf

Feels like a past life I abandoned

I know these streets, I know these doors

I know the way this place should be

But every time I turn around

Something else is watching me

I leave the lights on when I’m alone

Like shadows need a reason

I tell myself I’m in control

But my hands don’t feel like they’re mine this evening

Pre-Chorus

I hear the footsteps in my head

The ones I can’t outrun

A thousand versions of myself

All fighting to become the one

Chorus

It’s a hostile takeover

And I can’t stop the fight

My own thoughts are the enemy

Keeping me awake at night

I’m the prisoner and the prison

I’m the fire and the smoke

Trying to hold myself together

While I’m coming apart at the seams I sew

There’s a war behind my eyes

That nobody knows

I’m losing control

To a place I call home

Verse 2

I wear a smile like armour now

It fits me like a second skin

Nobody sees the damage done

Because I hide where they can’t get in

I apologise for being tired

For needing time, for needing space

Like my own mind isn’t heavy enough

Without carrying everybody else’s weight

I try to silence every voice

But silence makes them louder

So I drown them out with anything

That gives me back the power

Pre-Chorus

I know my name, I know my face

But something feels unfamiliar

Like I’m standing in my own reflection

And I’m looking at a stranger

Chorus

It’s a hostile takeover

And I can’t stop the fight

My own thoughts are the enemy

Keeping me awake at night

I’m the prisoner and the prison

I’m the fire and the smoke

Trying to hold myself together

While I’m coming apart at the seams I sew

There’s a war behind my eyes

That nobody knows

I’m losing control

To a place I call home

Bridge

Maybe I was never broken

Maybe I was just outnumbered

Maybe every voice inside me

Was just a piece of something I suffered

But I’m tired of being a battlefield

Tired of being the ground

Where every fear and every memory

Comes back to hunt me down

Final Chorus

It’s a hostile takeover

But I’m still here tonight

Even if my mind is screaming

Even if I can’t see the light

I’m more than all the noise

More than every thought I hold

I’m not just the war inside me

I’m the person fighting to come home

There’s a world behind my eyes

That nobody knows

But I’m learning to live there

I’m learning to let it show

Outro

The voices get quieter

The walls start to move

Maybe I don’t need to win the war

Maybe I just need to make room.