Voice In My Head

You again

Same old static in my brain

Turn it up then fade

Now you’re screaming out my name

You crawl in when the room gets quiet

Bare feet on a broken spine

Stacked up thoughts like a wreck in a ditch

You rewind every fault of mine

Pull me back to the worst of the worst

Like a highlight reel of hurt

You say jump and my jaw just grinds

Heart in my throat, teeth in the dirt

Voice in my head, you don’t own me

You’ve been living in my skull rent-free

But I’m done letting you control me

I’m not your puppet, you don’t pull these strings

Voice in my head, you won’t choke me

Every word you spit just fuels this flame

You can ride the rage but you won’t ghost me

I’m still standing, and I say your name

You talk slick like a fake best friend

“You’ll fail, they’ll bail, just quit”

You twist truth till it fits your shape

Then you laugh when I taste that grit

But I bit back, now my jaw’s all steel

Knuckles scarred from the mirror

Each scar line spelling out one fact

I’m the only one steering here

You’re loud when I’m low

You’re small when I’m strong

You feed when I bleed

You starve when I’m on

So I drag you out

Into daylight glare

You shrink, you crack

Yeah, you’re gasping for air

This is mutiny inside my mind

Every doubt gets nailed to the wall

You were big when I walked alone

Now I hear you, and I stand tall