**[Verse 1]** I wake up tired even after I sleep Like my dreams running laps I can’t keep Got a thousand little voices debating my worth Every minor mistake feel nuclear first I smile in public, I joke, I deflect Got armor built out of humor and intellect But alone in the room, it get different at night Every silence turn into a fight Overthinking every word that I said Replaying conversations in my head “Should’ve said this,” “why’d you say that?” Brain looping like a scratched-out track They say “you good?” and I nod on cue How I explain what I barely construe? It’s not sadness, it’s heavier than that Like a weight on my chest I can’t unpack **[Pre-Hook – Soft Build]** I keep it together in front of the crowd But it gets so loud… **[Hook – Catchy, Melodic]** It’s loud in my head, can’t turn it down Thoughts going round and round and round Tryna find peace but it won’t be found When it’s loud in my head I’m smiling outside, breaking within Fighting a war that nobody can see If I say I’m fine, I’m just pretending It’s loud in my head **[Verse 2]** Scrolling through lives that look so clean Everybody shining through a filtered screen Meanwhile I’m stuck in a fog so thick Turning small doubts catastrophic I compare my pace to a highlight reel Like I’m behind in a race that ain’t real Pressure to be more, pressure to win Pressure just to function and breathe again Some days getting up feel brave Like I climbed out a self-dug grave Other days I just float through hours Numb to the taste of my own damn power I hate that I know what to say to a friend But can’t take my own advice in the end Self-aware but still I drown In the tide of a self-made frown **[Pre-Hook]** I keep it together in front of the crowd But it gets so loud… **[Hook – Bigger, Layered Vocals]** It’s loud in my head, can’t turn it down Thoughts going round and round and round Tryna find peace but it won’t be found When it’s loud in my head I’m smiling outside, breaking within Fighting a war that nobody can see If I say I’m fine, I’m just pretending It’s loud in my head **[Bridge – Half-Rap, Half-Sung]** Maybe I don’t need to win every day Maybe surviving is strength in a way Maybe the noise don’t make me weak Maybe it’s proof there’s depth in me Therapy sessions, learning to sit With the parts of myself I used to resist Healing ain’t pretty, progress ain’t straight But I’m still here — and that’s something great **[Final Hook – Stripped, Hopeful Edge]** It’s loud in my head… but I’m learning now How to sit with the sound somehow It don’t disappear, but it don’t control Every part of my soul It’s loud in my head But I’m still breathing instead. ---

Loud In My Head