In the shadows of my mind demons dance with grace
Stepping to the rhythm of the silence I cant erase
Laughter cloaks the torment a mask I tightly brace
Addiction whispers softly ill keep you in this place
Too tired to live too afraid to greet the end
Caught between the cracks where reality bends
Chained to fleeting highs that crash and descend
Im not sure how much longer I can pretend
Through hazy mirrors I catch a strangers stare
Eyes vacant cold reflecting despair
Who am I beneath this skin beneath this glare
The answer's lost, buried deep without a prayer
This mirrors playing tricks just for kicks
Eyes staring back but compassions hard to find
The biggest stranger Ive ever known
Is the one reflected skin and bone
Time rewinds like a film stuck on replay
Sinking deeper where shadows seem to sway
Chasing ghosts running from the divine
All while pretending that I'm just fine
Behind this smile, a storm’s brewing with no pause
I laugh in the daylight but by night I gnaw at my flaws
I wear this façade, this counterfeit applause
But inside I’m lost, tangled in invisible laws
Grinning through pain, a warrior in disguise
Fighting demons that lurk behind weary eyes
But I’ve worn this mask for too long, no surprise
My soul’s bleeding out, no matter how much I revise
Every reflection distorts the truth within
I’m running from myself where do I begin
The weight of this lie crushes from outside in
I’m drowning in a sea of sin
This mirrors playing tricks just for kicks
Eyes staring back, but compassions hard to find
The biggest stranger Ive ever known
Is the one reflected skin and bone
Time rewinds, like a film stuck on replay
Sinking deeper where shadows seem to sway
Chasing ghosts, running from the divine
All while pretending that I'm just fine
Solitudes my solace yet it chains me still
Each day a battle, climbing an endless hill
In silence Im exposed, laid bare against my will
Addicted to the poison that promises to heal
I scream in the dark where no one else can hear
My voice is hoarse fractured by fear
I’m tired of pretending tired of holding near
The lies I use to keep the world clear
This mirrors lying showing a reflection unclear
Staring back at me is everything I fear
The stranger within is more than just skin
A ghost of what I was of what Ive been
Time rewinds, pulling me down this cursed track
Shadows swirl, no chance to turn back
I’m chasing ghosts running from the light
Yet I tell the world im alright
How many times can a heart break before it cant mend
How many truths must we bend before we descend
Every scar I wear is a battle I pretend
Was just another fight, another chapter to defend
But the weight’s becoming more than I can bear
Each breath I take feels like a silent prayer
I’m lost in a cycle of despair
But no one sees it, and no one cares
At destinys crossroad I stand on broken ground
Tormented by echoes that scream without sound
But in this chaos, something’s shifting, profound
My voice unchained, in darkness I’m crowned
I won’t
