[Intro]
mm-mm
I fall asleep… and he’s already there
waiting in the dark like he knew
[Verse 1]
sleep pulls me under slow
like I never get a choice to go
and the second I let go of control
he’s right there in my soul
black hoodie, moving fast
like a shadow from my past
I don’t know why I always run
but my body starts before I’m done
heart goes loud, chest tight
I feel alive in the fright
he never speaks, never hurts
but I still run like it burns
[Pre-Chorus]
and I don’t understand it
why I feel safer when I panic
[Chorus]
masked guy
why do you chase me in my sleep?
(masked guy)
why does fear feel like relief?
I run but I never fall
like you’re the one who holds it all
keeping something worse away
by making me run through the grey
oh-oh
adrenaline in my bloodstream
(in my bloodstream)
yeah-yeah
I don’t know what you mean to me
masked guy…
why do I only feel you when I dream?
[Post-Chorus]
(heartbeat, heartbeat)
don’t wake up yet
(don’t wake up yet)
I can feel you closer
(footsteps in the dark)
don’t turn around
you’re still behind me
[Verse 2]
you don’t catch me, don’t let go
just close enough I always know
if I stop running, something worse
would find me in the dark first
so I keep moving through the night
between the terror and the light
and you’re always just behind
like a warning in my mind
and maybe that’s how I survive
by staying scared but still alive
because when I feel you near
nothing else gets in here
[Pre-Chorus]
so why does it feel like protection
inside the fear and the tension
[Chorus]
masked guy
why do you chase me in my sleep?
(masked guy)
why does fear feel like relief?
I run but I never fall
you’re the line between it all
keeping something worse away
by making me run through the grey
oh-oh
I don’t know what you really are
(really are)
yeah-yeah
but you’ve never let me fall too far
masked guy…
don’t disappear when I wake up
[Bridge]
maybe you’re not chasing me
maybe you’re keeping pace with me
maybe I made you like this
so I wouldn’t freeze instead
[Chorus]
masked guy
why do you live inside my dreams
(masked guy)
running through the in-between
I feel you and I feel fear
but I’m still safer when you’re near
like something worse won’t get through
as long as I keep running from you
oh-oh
adrenaline feels like your name
(your name)
yeah-yeah
and I don’t wake up the same
masked guy…
tell me why I only feel you when I sleep
[Outro]
mm-mm
I wake up
heart racing
and you’re still there…
even when you’re gone
Beexii