[Verse 1]
Eyes open, heart racing in the dark
Ceiling got cracks that look like charts
Every little thought draw lines, make graphs
Of all the ways I could fall apart fast
Phone lit, scrolling through a thousand smiles
Wonder if they edited the emptiness out
I been chewing on doubt like a habit
Every worst-case scene, yeah I already had it
Mama say “breathe,” I say “I am”
Chest say “lie,” ‘cause it feel like a dam
Holding back floods I don’t show to the fam
Tell ‘em “I’m fine,” they don’t know who I am
[Chorus]
I’ve been running from my mind all day
Chasing quiet like it’s running away
I just wanna find a little light in this mess
Little laugh, little love, little rest
Yeah, I’m tired of the fear I feed
Wanna plant one hopeful seed
I don’t need perfect, I just need practice
Leaning through the panic, reaching for the happiness
[Verse 2]
Therapist talk, I nod like I get it
Homework pages, write dreams, then shred it
Future feel far like a city on a hill
But I’m stuck in the traffic of the things I can’t kill
Overthink texts, rewind what I said
Replay scenes when I lay in bed
But I bookmarked moments where I felt okay
Tiny Polaroids in a storm-gray day
Like that time I laughed till I dropped my drink
Or that walk where I heard myself think
Sun on my face, weight off my chest
For a second I believed I deserved that rest
[Chorus]
I’ve been running from my mind all day
Chasing quiet like it’s running away
I just wanna find a little light in this mess
Little laugh, little love, little rest
Yeah, I’m tired of the fear I feed
Wanna plant one hopeful seed
I don’t need perfect, I just need practice
Leaning through the panic, reaching for the happiness
[Bridge]
What if I’m not broken, just bruised and learning?
What if peace ain’t found, it’s earned by turning
Back to the breath when the waves start burning?
Back to the truth that my worth’s still certain (yeah)
[Chorus]
I’ve been running from my mind all day
Chasing quiet like it’s running away
I just wanna find a little light in this mess
Little laugh, little love, little rest
Yeah, I’m tired of the fear I feed
Wanna plant one hopeful seed
I don’t need perfect, I just need practice
Leaning through the panic, reaching for the happiness