[Intro] [Ticking clock, eerie low-end bass swell] [Main Vocal, low, rapid breathing] I can feel it scratching... under the floorboards of my mind. It’s back. [Verse 1] [Main Vocal, aggressive, suffocating flow] Try to shut my eyes but the ceiling starts to bleed Every intrusive thought is a weapon that you feed I’ve been white-knuckling the edge of my own sanity Trying to draw a line between the monster and the man in me But you’re a parasite, living in the blind spot Boiling up my blood until the engine and the mind lock I put a padlock on the basement, buried up the key So tell me how the hell you’re standing right in front of me?! [Bridge] [Overlapping vocals, rapid-fire argument] [Main Vocal] I am in control! [Lower Octave Double] You’re slipping gears. [Main Vocal] I am holding the wheel! [Lower Octave Double] I’m the one who steers. [Main Vocal] Get away from my throat! [Lower Octave Double] I’m already inside. [Main Vocal] I won't let you win! [Lower Octave Double] There’s nowhere to hide! [Chorus] [Dual-layer harmonies, aggressive beat drop] There’s a war in the dark, beneath the surface of the skin Every single night I gotta fight myself to win You’re the shadow in the corner, the venom in the cup And I’m running out of air while you’re pulling me under! [Verse 2] [Main Vocal, high velocity, breathless] Clutching at my chest, trying to force a deep breath This is psychological warfare, a dance with mental death You feed on my anxiety, you fatten on my doubt You lock me in a cage and then you won’t let me out But I am waking up, I’m tearing through the grip I’m spitting out the poison that you forced onto my lip You’re just a phantom in the mirror, a glitch in the design This body is a fortress, and the fortress is MINE! [Outro] [Intense struggle, music suddenly cuts to deep heartbeat] [Main Vocal, gasping] I told you... get out. [Lower Octave Double, deep distorted whisper, centered] See you tomorrow night.
