[Verse 1]
Teeth on the curb of another deadline
Clock screaming right in my face
Inbox avalanche
Boss breath gasoline
I feel the bile start to raise
Knuckles white on a plastic keyboard
Vision tunneling
Red in my sight
Then I rip through the drywall of my skull
Kick open a skylight
[Chorus]
I build a world behind my eyes
Where every chain becomes a blade
I turn my panic into fire
And let it burn what makes me afraid
When this place tries to crush my chest
I learn to breathe inside the rage
My imagination is a fortress
My imagination saves
[Verse 2]
Blue lights drip from a midnight ceiling
Phone screams war in my hand
Hate feeds on a scrolling altar
Selling fear like a brand
So I dive in a rusted corridor
Doors marked “What if?” in red
I paint wings on the back of my shadows
Teach the ghosts to dance instead
[Chorus]
I build a world behind my eyes
Where every chain becomes a blade
I turn my panic into fire
And let it burn what makes me afraid
When this place tries to crush my chest
I learn to breathe inside the rage
My imagination is a fortress
My imagination saves
[Bridge]
They say
“Face the facts
Lay down flat
This is all you’ll ever be”
But I redraw the map
Rip their script in half
Write a monster that looks like me (hey!)
I am bigger than this bad day
More than numbers
More than names
Every scar’s a secret doorway
Every nightmare feeds the flame
[Chorus]
I build a world behind my eyes
Where every chain becomes a blade
I turn my panic into fire
And let it burn what makes me afraid
When this place tries to crush my chest
I learn to breathe inside the rage
My imagination is a fortress
My imagination saves