[Verse 1]
The air is thinning
Every breath feels barbed and bright
Paint is peeling off the ceiling
Like it’s trying to take flight
Shadows crawling up the hallway
Every corner has its grin
Hands are shaking
Teeth are grinding
Something’s digging under skin
[Chorus]
Fear
Fear is closing in
Like a fist around my ribs
Claws on every thought I’ve hidden
Tearing through the life I lived
Fear
Fear is closing in
And it wears my face to win
[Verse 2]
Furniture becomes a monster
Coat rack stares me down
Heartbeat pounding in the plaster
Like it’s trying to break out
Names and faces turn to static
Trust evaporates in heat
Every creak and every whisper
Sounds like footsteps at my feet
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
I draw a line
On the cracked wood floor
Say “this is mine”
But it wants more
Breath in
Breath out
Till my lungs catch fire
I stand ground
Stand ground
In the tightening wire
[Chorus]