[Intro] [Verse 1] I learned the rules beneath a schoolroom clock Count every breath, keep every window locked But I watched brave fools ride straight through the flame Laughing at thunder like it knew their name In the empty hall where the old bells sleep I heard my own pulse climbing up the keep They called it a warning, I called it a door I wanted the height, I wanted the roar [Pre-Chorus] Tell me, am I gone too far? Or did I finally find where the wild things are? [Chorus] Am I losing my mind, or losing the chain? Am I calling it freedom when I welcome the pain? Who says I should tremble, who says I should hide? I can hear that quiet laughter on the other side Am I losing my mind? Am I losing my mind? [Verse 2] Now the sodium lamps blink gold on the road I carry old matches and a lighter load Every bridge behind me is coughing up sparks I leave my good sense with the dogs in the dark You say, “Come back down, be careful, be clean” But I have seen horizons no safe man has seen There’s a ledge in the distance and wind in my chest If the world wants a witness, I’ll give it my best [Pre-Chorus] Tell me, is the fear still mine? Or did I trade it for a sharper kind of shine? [Chorus] Am I losing my mind, or losing the chain? Am I calling it freedom when I welcome the pain? Who says I should tremble, who says I should hide? I can hear that quiet laughter on the other side Am I losing my mind? Am I losing my mind? [Bridge] Who made the fence? Who named the line? Who gets to measure a life like mine? Who says be quiet? Who says behave? Who taught the brave to be afraid? Why should I kneel? Why should I plead? Why should I starve what is starving in me? If I am broken, then let me break bright If I am dying, I’ll choose how I fight [Climax] I am not asking the dark for a pardon I am not waiting outside of the garden Let every locked door swing wide tonight Let every false king choke on the light Am I losing my mind? Say it! Am I losing my mind? Say it! I hear the whole cathedral answer back No chain, no cage, no turning back I was the child who chased the flame I was the fool who forgot his name I was the voice beneath the stone Now every wild road leads me home [Outro] If the morning finds me laughing alone Leave no flowers, leave no stone I’ll take that horizon, I’ll take that flight And laugh very softly in the dark tonight Am I losing my mind? Maybe I’m finally alive
