Running from Myself

Verse 1
Woke up to a war inside my head again
Same ghosts sitting at the foot of my bed again
Clock ticks louder than the words I never said
And every quiet moment turns a battle in my head

Mirror shows a stranger with my tired eyes
Trying to outrun a thousand silent lies
Every road I take just circles back to me
Like shadows in the dark that never set me free

Pre-Chorus
I keep driving through the midnight rain
But the storm keeps calling my name

Chorus
I keep running from myself tonight
From the voices in the pale moonlight
Every mile just pulls me deeper in the mess
A thousand roads and I still can’t forget

I scream into the empty sky for help
But the loudest enemy is myself
No matter where I go or what I tell
I’m always running… running from myself

Verse 2
Neon lights blur through the windshield glass
Like every broken memory of the past
Radio plays songs I used to know
But they sound like echoes from a life ago

Hands on the wheel but I feel no control
Like I’m drifting through the wreckage of my soul
Every prayer feels like it hits the floor
And I don’t know what I’m fighting for anymore

Pre-Chorus
I keep chasing some kind of peace
But the silence never sets me free

Chorus
I keep running from myself tonight
From the voices in the pale moonlight
Every mile just pulls me deeper in the mess
A thousand roads and I still can’t forget

I scream into the empty sky for help
But the loudest enemy is myself
No matter where I go or what I tell
I’m always running… running from myself

Bridge (big emotional 90’s breakdown)
Maybe the war was never out there
Maybe the enemy’s always been here
In every doubt and every scar
In every shadow of who we are

I’m tired of running through the night
Tired of losing every fight
Maybe the road I need to take
Is learning how to face my mistakes

Final Chorus
I’m done running from myself tonight
From the ghosts in the pale moonlight
Every scar’s just proof I still survived
Every broken piece still feels alive

I scream to the sky but now I know
The only place I have to go
Is standing in this living hell
And stop running… from myself

Outro
Morning breaks through the shattered dark
A quiet fire inside my heart
Maybe the fight will never end
But tonight I faced the war within.

90’s alternative/grunge vibe, male