Behind These Eyes

(Verse 1 )

I wake up cold, another day

Same four walls, same mistakes

I hear my name but don’t respond

It doesn’t feel like mine

The mirror stares, I look away

I don’t trust what it reflects

There’s something missing underneath

Something I left behind

(Pre-Chorus)

I followed words I thought were truth

I played my part, I saw it through

(Chorus)

I look inside

And I don’t recognize

The eyes staring back at me

I look inside

And I don’t recognize

Who I’ve become

(Verse 2)

They said believe, they said obey

They said the end would justify

But every step I took ahead

Just pulled me further down

I hear her voice inside my head

Like a warning I ignored

Now every choice I thought was mine

Is weighing on me now

(Pre-Chorus)

I crossed a line I can’t erase

I traded truth for empty faith

(Chorus)

I look inside

And I don’t recognize

The eyes staring back at me

I look inside

And I don’t recognize

Who I’ve become

(Bridge (half-time, haunting))

If I could change one moment back

Would it change anything?

Or was I always walking blind

Believing everything?

No cause left

No sacred lies

Just consequences

Behind these eyes

Final Chorus (slightly lifted, still restrained)

I look inside

And I don’t recognize

The man I used to be

I look inside

And I don’t recognize

What’s left of me

(Outro)

No answers come

No second chance

Just me and these

Unfamiliar eyes