[Intro]
Alarm at 6
Eyes like static
Cold floor
Cracked mug
Same war
New tactic (yeah)
[Verse 1]
Teeth in the mirror
Grin I don’t trust
Hands on the sink
Knuckles turn rust
Voices in the hallway
Wearing my shoes
Walk like I do
Humming my blues
Inbox full of ghosts
Dead names
Read receipts
Scroll till my thumb
Starts tasting concrete
Every little fear
Got a face
Got a name
But they’re all mine
Just framed in flame (huh)
[Chorus]
Life with my demons
We ride in the backseat
They steal my breath while they’re laughing at past me
Thought they were hunters
They’re hurt in a black sheet
Bleeding in the shape of me
Life with my demons
They’re chewing on daydreams
Tear up my plans
Turn my pride into ash heaps
Thought they were monsters
They’re mirrors with cracked seams
Breaking in the shape of me (oh-oh)
[Verse 2]
Clock hands glitch
Skip three
Skip four
Whole week missing
Stuck in the floor
Stare at the ceiling
Like it might confess
Why every win
Still feels like less
Therapist texts
“Did you try to breathe?”
I lie with a laugh
Phone under the sheets
Shadow on the wall
Mouth moves when I speak
It mouths every doubt
I bury each week (yeah)
[Chorus]
Life with my demons
We ride in the backseat
They steal my breath while they’re laughing at past me
Thought they were hunters
They’re hurt in a black sheet
Bleeding in the shape of me
Life with my demons
They’re chewing on daydreams
Tear up my plans
Turn my pride into ash heaps
Thought they were monsters
They’re mirrors with cracked seams
Breaking in the shape of me
[Bridge]
[Beat stutters
Tempo feels doubled
Vocal gets harsher]
I am the teeth
I am the bite
I am the crack
In my own night
I am the voice
Under their roar
I am the key
I am the door (hey)
Rip off the mask
It’s my own skin
Every “don’t start”
Was “don’t let in”
They never lived
Under my bed
They’ve always slept
Inside my head
[Twist / Final Chorus]
[Beat opens into spacious emo-EDM chords
Vocal softer]
Life with my demons
We share the same heartbeat
They learned to howl ‘cause I taught them the hard streets
They were my armor when I had no sharp teeth
Now they’re just a part of me
Life with my demons
I name them
They name me
We sit in silence
They loosen their chains
Breathe
They were my warning
My hurt in a dark dream
Now they walk beside of me (walk beside of me)
[Outro]
Alarm at 6
Same room
Same frame
I still see demons
But I call them by my name (yeah)