Nightmares

Intro (whisper / half-sung)

Yeah

I don’t sleep

I fall

I break

I drown

Verse 1

Eyes shut, but the dark still breathes

Ceiling cracks when I try to leave

Every thought got teeth, they bite my calm

Every prayer feels half undone

I drag my past like a blade behind me

Hear it scrape when the silence finds me

Mirror talks, but it won’t say truth

Just my fear in a different suit

Hands shake, but I stay composed

Heart wrapped tight in a crown of thorns

I don’t run, I let it come

Let it hurt till it goes numb

Pre-Chorus

I lay still while the shadows crawl

Say my name like a siren call

If I wake, I wake alone

So I sink where the dark feels home

Chorus

Nightmares when I close my eyes

Wide awake, but I’m paralyzed

They don’t fade with the morning light

I carry them into life

Nightmares, they know my face

Know my sins, know my name

If I scream, it echoes back

So I sleep inside the black

Verse 2 (rap-heavy)

Teeth clenched, jaw locked, pressure loud

Thoughts cut deep, but I don’t bleed now

Every love left me half destroyed

Every promise was paranoid

I don’t trust what feels too warm

Heaven burns just like the storm

I learned pain like a second tongue

Spoke it fluent when I was young

I been quiet, but my mind riots

Every night turns into violence

Not fists, just memory

Replay clips that remember me

Pre-Chorus

Count breaths just to feel in control

Still feel watched by the things I know

If I pray, it comes back wrong

Like my faith learned to bite its tongue

Chorus

Nightmares when I close my eyes

Wide awake, but I’m paralyzed

They don’t fade with the morning light

I carry them into life

Nightmares, they know my face

Know my sins, know my name

If I scream, it echoes back

So I sleep inside the black

Bridge (half-sung / distorted)

Maybe I’m cursed

Maybe I chose this

Maybe the dark’s the only thing honest

I made a bed from broken vows

Now it holds me, holds me down

Say I’m fine, but it’s all pretend

I don’t dream — I defend

Final Chorus (drop beat, chant)

Nightmares

Say my name

Nightmares

Stay the same

I don’t wake, I just survive

With the monsters in my mind

Nightmares

Let them stare

I been living with them there

Outro (low, breathy)

If I sleep

Don’t wake me

If I wake

Don’t save me