Fighting my inner darkness

(Verse 1)

The clock strikes midnight, but the shadows stayThey stretch across the walls, they bleed into the dayA familiar whisper crawling up my spineTelling me the wreckage in my head is mineI light a match just to watch it burn out fastTrying to find a future in a poisoned past

(Chorus)

But I am swinging in the dark tonightLined up for a phantom fightIt grips my throat, it weighs me downA quiet war inside this townI’m bleeding out, but I won’t bowTo the monster underneath my brow

(Verse 2)

The mirror is a weapon that I handle wrongIt shows a ghost that’s stayed around too longIt wears my clothes, it speaks with my own tongueChoking out the songs that I should have sungThe floorboards ache beneath the heavy strideOf every single secret that I try to hide

(Chorus)

And I am swinging in the dark tonightLined up for a phantom fightIt grips my throat, it weighs me downA quiet war inside this townI’m bleeding out, but I won’t bowTo the monster underneath my brow

(Bridge)

It wants the surrender, it wants the defeatIt wants me broken, face down in the streetBut every bruise it leaves upon my skinIs proof I'm still alive to fight againYou can’t have meYou can’t have me

(Chorus)

Yeah, I am swinging in the dark tonightI’m tearing down the phantom fightIt gripped my throat, it weighed me downBut I’m still standing on this groundI’m bleeding out, but watch me nowI’ll break the monster underneath my brow

(Outro)

The smoke clears slowThe breathing stopsThe shadow fadesThe weapon drops