[Verse 1]
Coffee gone cold
Shaking in place
Smile like armor
Cracks on my face
Hold it together
Stapled breath in my chest
“Yeah
I’m fine
I’m good”
Voice says
Eyes protest
[Pre-Chorus]
I’m laughing too loud so I don’t start crying
I’m walking real fast so it looks like trying
[Chorus]
I self medicate to motivate
Pour the fire on my fear till it radiates
If I burn out
At least I burned awake
I self medicate to motivate
Screaming in my skull but my hands don’t shake
If I break down
At least I broke my cage
[Verse 2]
Walls closing in
Emails
Bad news
One more disaster
Added to the queue
Friends say “breathe”
But the air feels thick
I’m my own doctor
Writing the wrong script
[Pre-Chorus]
I’m laughing too hard so I don’t start fading
I’m running in place
Calling that “creating”
[Chorus]
I self medicate to motivate
Pour the fire on my fear till it radiates
If I burn out
At least I burned awake
I self medicate to motivate
Screaming in my skull but my hands don’t shake
If I break down
At least I broke my cage
[Bridge]
[Band drops to half-time
Bass grinding]
All at once
Everything hits
All the grief
All the guilt
All the “should’ve”
All the “too late”
All the fury
All the shame
I swallow it down
Like it’s all my fault
(yeah, it’s all my fault)
Then I spit it back out
In a ten-car howl
[Chorus]
I self medicate to motivate
Pour the fire on my fear till it radiates
If I burn out
At least I burned awake
I self medicate to motivate
Screaming in my skull but my hands don’t shake
If I break down
At least I broke my cage
[Outro]
One more dose
Just to make it through
If I can’t save me
I’ll still outrun you