Mind Games

Shadows in my headspace

Talking like they know me

Every doubt on replay

But You already told me

Voices in the hallway

Of my mind at 3am

Telling me I'm nothing

That I’ll never rise again

They twist every memory

Turn wins into shame

Take truth, add poison

Then spell out my name

They say, "You’re still broken

You ain't changed at all"

Load the gun of guilt

Then wait for me to fall

But I hear another whisper

Cutting through that dread

"Child, I took that burden

Why you pick up what is dead?"

Is it me, is it them

Is it sin, is it phantoms?

All this static in my chest

And I can’t outrun the patterns

So I—

Lift my eyes when the night screams louder

Jesus, speak through the mind games chatter

Every lie that chains my faith

You break, You break

I stand firm when the dark gets clever

Hold Your word like a drawn-out weapon

They can’t own this heart You saved

Your name cuts through the mind games

They bait me with the shortcut

Click, scroll, sink slow

Feed me fake comforts

Drain my soul hollow

They dress up temptation

Like it loves me back

Then laugh when I’m choking

On the hooks in the trap

They say, "Hide that anger

Stuff that secret deep"

Then scratch at the scars

Till my wounds can’t sleep

But You step in the crossfire

Call me out of that pit

"Son, that chain’s already broken

Why you still wearing it?"

Is it fear, is it flesh

Is it hell in a whisper?

Every half-truth feels real

Till Your word makes it wither

So I—

Not fighting flesh

I’m swinging at the unseen

Armor on my chest

Scripture in my bloodstream

When the curse in my thoughts

Keeps calling me by failure

I answer with the cross

And the scars of my Savior

You lost your hold

When the stone rolled back

Every scheme, every scam

Every subtle attack

You can haunt my past

But my future’s sealed

By the blood, by the Lamb

Every mind game yields