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.