[Intro – muted guitar, ticking rhythm, low male vocal]
Did I lock the door?
Yeah… I know I did
So why’m I standing here again?
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[Verse 1]
Every crooked frame
Every missing screw
Every little problem screams
Like I’m supposed to move
Can’t walk past a light left on
Can’t leave a drawer cracked wide
Mind keeps pulling me backward
Like alarms inside
Show up early everywhere
Still scared I’ll be late
Counting every minute down
Like timing equals fate
And I know it sounds insane
But silence feels wrong
If I stop checking everything
What if something’s gone?
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[Pre-Chorus]
Round and round
Same hallway floor
Hands on the handle
One check more
Second guessing every breath
Every word I say
My own mind keeps pulling me
Back the other way
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[Chorus – heavier, emotional release]
It’s an itch I can’t scratch
A fire in my head
Double check the locks again
Before I go to bed
I know the door is closed
I know the stove is off
But certainty dissolves itself
The second that I stop
Round after round
Room after room
Fighting ghosts I manufactured
In the quiet gloom
And I’m exhausted by the battle
But I still obey
Trapped inside routines
That never go away
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[Verse 2]
Walk the house in darkness
Phone light in my hand
Touch the windows, check the knobs
Repeat it all again
Did I miss the garage?
Did I leave one cracked?
Memory feels paper thin
Like trust is what I lack
Everybody else can sleep
I’m still making rounds
Listening for problems
In imaginary sounds
I wish I knew how normal feels
How letting go survives
How people close their eyes at night
Without rehearsing life
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[Bridge – stripped down, intense]
Maybe if I check enough
The world won’t come apart
Maybe all this pressure’s just
A circuit in my heart
But every time I satisfy
One fear in my brain
Another one comes crawling out
And starts the loop again
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[Final Chorus – biggest emotional push]
It’s an itch I can’t scratch
A chain around my mind
Every ounce of certainty
Gets swallowed over time
So I pace the floors at midnight
Running endless drills
Trying to outrun disasters
That don’t exist but still…
I check the locks again
Retrace every step
Living like the worst case scenario
Hasn’t happened yet
[Outro – fading, tired vocal]
Did I lock the door?
…Yeah
I think I did
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