[Verse 1]
You wake me up before the alarm
Same old script
Same sharp tongue
You say I'm late to my own life
That I'll mess this up like the last one
You sit beside me on the train
Counting every stare you swear I get
You turn my memories into knives
Cutting up the parts I haven't lived yet
[Chorus]
It's a quiet war
In a crowded room
Every smile I fake
You reload
You assume
I'm standing here
But I'm hanging by a thread
Fighting hand to hand
With the voice in my head
(with the voice in my head)
[Verse 2]
You circle words I haven't said
Underline the worst in red
You call it truth
You call it love
But you never learned how to shut up
You say they're bored when their eyes drift
Say I'm a burden
Not a gift
You turn the mirror into smoke
Till even my own name feels like a joke
[Chorus]
It's a quiet war
In a crowded room
Every smile I fake
You reload
You assume
I'm standing here
But I'm hanging by a thread
Fighting hand to hand
With the voice in my head
(with the voice in my head)
[Bridge]
I don't know when you moved in
When you started using my skin
But I'm tired of living as your echo (oh)
So I draw a line in the dark
Say your name
Pull you apart
You are loud
But you are not my shadow
[Chorus]
It's a quiet war
But I'm learning rules
Every breath I own
Is a bullet you lose
I'm standing here
Yeah
I'm more than what you said
And I won't march in line
For the voice in my head
(no, I won't march in line
For the voice in my head)