Can't let go

Verse 1

Check the lock, then check it again,

Windows shut, but it never ends.

Hands in the water, skin turned red,

Chasing the silence inside my head.

Pre-Chorus

I know it’s small, I know it’s thin,

But the fear keeps screaming deep within.

Chorus

I can’t let go, I can’t break free,

Chains of thought wrap around me.

Doors and windows replay on a loop,

A thousand times before I move.

Hands raw, heart racing, no escape,

Trapped in the ritual, trapped in the shape.

Verse 2

Books aligned, clothes folded tight,

Every line has to look just right.

One thing wrong and the panic grows,

A storm inside that nobody knows.

Pre-Chorus

I try to fight, I try to stay,

But the fear won’t ever fade away.

Chorus

I can’t let go, I can’t break free,

Chains of thought wrap around me.

Doors and windows replay on a loop,

A thousand times before I move.

Hands raw, heart racing, no escape,

Trapped in the ritual, trapped in the shape.

Bridge

Why can’t I rest, why can’t I breathe?

Control’s the only god I believe.

Screaming inside but no one hears,

Locked in the cycle, drowned in fear.

Final Chorus (lifted)

I can’t let go, I can’t break free,

Living with the weight of this disease.

Doors and windows still haunt my mind,

A thousand times just to feel aligned.

Hands raw, heart breaking, still I pray,

Maybe tomorrow it fades away.

Outro

Wash, scrub, realign,

Maybe someday I’ll be fine.