[Intro] You never saw me enter disguised as what you need You called it comfort first but I was hunger underneath [Verse 1] I learned your weakest places where your silence likes to hide I curled up in your habits made a home behind your eyes I don’t need to break the door when you leave it cracked for pain I just whisper what you fear till you invite me in again You thought that thought was yours you thought that ache was true but every doubt you fed was me feeding back on you [Pre-Chorus] I don’t kill you all at once I take pieces when you sleep I dress myself like comfort so you never think it’s me [Chorus] I live inside you where the light don’t reach I drink from your fire I crawl when you breathe I know what you love so I poison it slow I’m the voice in your blood saying don’t let go I live inside you I don’t need a name you call it survival I call it my place [Verse 2] I taste the shame you bury I bloom inside your stress I get stronger every time you say you’re powerless I don’t want your body dead I need you moving weak I need you tired enough to mistake my voice for peace I wear familiar faces I repeat familiar lies I make the cage feel holy when you’re scared to step outside And when you almost heal I tighten up the chain I send a memory bleeding just to bring you back to pain [Pre-Chorus] I don’t scream, I imitate I don’t chase, I stay beneath I become the little reason you forget you can be free [Chorus] I live inside you where the light don’t reach I drink from your fire I crawl when you breathe I know what you love so I poison it slow I’m the voice in your blood saying don’t let go I live inside you I don’t need a name you call it survival I call it my place [Bridge] But something changed in you I felt the room get bright you stopped calling me truth you started calling me night You looked me in the face and I lost my disguise for the first time I trembled when you opened your eyes You starved me with silence you burned me with prayer you stopped feeding the wound and I couldn’t live there [Final Chorus] I lived inside you where the light didn’t reach I drank from your fire I crawled when you breathed I knew what you loved so I poisoned it slow I was the voice in your blood saying don’t let go But you rose inside you and remembered your name you called me the parasite and walked out of the cage
