Condemned to the Quiet

[Verse 1 – adjusted opening only] Dark in the room, I feel it pull, Something deeper than control. My shadow drags me under every night, Through every wrong I never made right. I choke on all the moments I can’t change, Buried under memories that still know my name. The silence hits like pressure in my chest, A weight I can’t escape, a truth I can’t suppress. I claw for something real inside the dark, But all I ever touch are old, familiar scars. [Pre-Chorus] I keep falling back into the same damn scene, Watching the version of myself I’ll never be. [Chorus] I’m condemned to the quiet every time I sleep, Where the ghosts of who I was keep dragging after me. Every nightmare rewinds what I can’t outrun, Every breath feels heavier by the time I’m done. No sunrise strong enough to break this chain, No waking up without the echo of the pain. I’m a lost soul stuck between the wrong and right— Still bleeding from the battles in the night. [Verse 2] I keep returning to the places I once broke, Reliving every word I wish I never spoke. Faces blur but the guilt is crystal clear, Shadows whisper truths I don’t want to hear. The ground shakes under all I can’t forget, Every step another weight of old regret. I try to run but the darkness holds its claim, Pulling me back into the heart of every shame. [Pre-Chorus] I keep falling, trapped inside the same old tape, Watching everything I’ve ever lost replay. [Chorus] (unchanged) 🧠 [Bridge – slight tightening only] If there’s a way out, it’s buried in the dark, Somewhere past the fractures in my heart. I’ve been screaming into silence for a sign, Something that can tell me I’ll survive. But every time I think I’ve found escape, I’m pulled back in by all my past mistakes. If mercy’s real, I need it now to break the loop— Before I lose the last of what is still the truth.