It Sounds Like Me

It doesn’t talk out loud.

It waits.

Then it whispers when I’m alone.

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There’s a voice in my head and it knows my name

Knows every regret, every fucked-up frame

It don’t scream first, nah, it plays it smart

Starts quiet, digs slow, then it tears me apart

It says “remember that?” when I’m trying to sleep

Rewinds every moment I buried deep

I tell it to shut up, it laughs instead

‘Cause that bitch lives rent-free in my head

I can drown it with noise, I can numb it with drink

But the silence hits harder than I fucking think

Soon as it’s quiet, it’s back on my spine

Counting my failures like it’s keeping time

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I CAN’T TURN IT OFF

I CAN’T KILL THE SOUND

BITCH LIVES IN MY HEAD

WHEN NO ONE’S AROUND

TALK TO MYSELF

LIKE I’M TWO FUCKING PEOPLE

ONE WANTS PEACE

ONE WANTS BLOOD, NO SEQUEL

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It tells me I’m broken, not built to be fixed

That love’s just a trap and trust is a trick

It points at my past like “look what you did”

Then asks why I’m angry — bitch, you just did

I argue with mirrors, I don’t like what I see

Feels like something else is piloting me

Every thought feels staged, like lines in a play

And I don’t remember agreeing to stay

Sometimes it tells me to end it all

Not jump — just disappear, dissolve

Erase my name, delete the proof

Like I was never fucking used

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(shut up)

(shut the fuck up)

(shut—)

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If this is me, then I hate this voice

If this ain’t me, then what’s the choice?

‘Cause it talks like truth, wears my tone

And it sounds real comfortable calling this home

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I CAN’T TURN IT OFF

I CAN’T ESCAPE

IT SOUNDS LIKE ME

WHEN IT TALKS ITS HATE

PRAY FOR QUIET

GET STATIC INSTEAD

I’M NOT POSSESSED

I’M JUST STUCK IN MY HEAD

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People say “it’s just thoughts.”

Nah.

Thoughts don’t argue back.

Thoughts don’t know where you hide shit.

This one does.