I keep a riot in my skull behind a quiet face (quiet face), Every smile is just a mask that I forgot to lace, "Yeah I'm fine", Is just a code word that I've learned to say (learned to say), While the ceiling counts my heartbeats as I fade away (fade away), But if I bleed these thoughts in lines, Will they lose their hold? Can I drag them through the light, And make them release my soul? This is for my mind! For my mind, Screaming through the static, Tearing out these thoughts that bind, Every thought traumatic, If I say it, I can fight it, I won't stay confined!, These words are weapons in the war for my mind, I've had conversations with the shadows on my chest, They told me I was nothing, I just nodded in agreement just doing what I do best, Keeping my feelings with my voice.. always to myself, Always suppressed,, But now I'm writing back in truth, Yeah, with the very blood that I bleed, Telling myself that if I confess to the darkness, Maybe it finally begins to go and shrink.. So I confess in every verse what I was scared to show, Let the volume shake the shame until it overloads! (Until it overloads!!) (Until it overloads!!) (Until it overloads!!) This is for my mind, For my mind, Screaming through the static, Tearing out all of the lies, Every thought so traumatic, I know if I can say it, I can fight it, I won't stay confined, These words are weapons in the war for my mind! Rip the cage from the ribs, Let the panic breathe, Let the anger turn to thunder underneath my feet, If I fall again tonight, I will not fall alone, Every voice that sings this back becomes another stone!! For my mind!, I won't go quiet, For my mind!, I stand in the riot, For my mind!, every scar underlined, I am more than my mind! I am not my hurt! I'll take back what's mine! I will survive.. This is for my mind, For my mind, Screaming through the static, Tearing out the lies that keep me confined, These words are weapons, In the war for my mind! (Ooo-oh) (War for my mind!)
