Streetlights flicker like they know my name Shadows stretch longer than the lies I claim Voices in the static, crawling through the walls I smile at the mirror but the mirror never calls [Pre-Chorus] Upside-down heart beating in my chest Every breath a secret I can’t confess [Chorus] I’m fighting the vines inside my head Twisting tighter till the good is dead No one sees the war behind my eyes Just a kid with a grin and a thousand alibis Keep it together, keep it together Before the gate rips open forever [Verse 2] Midnight bike ride through the power-line maze Mind flayer whispers in a purple haze Friends laugh easy, they don’t feel the sting Of the barbed-wire thoughts that the darkness brings [Pre-Chorus] Clock hands crawl, the room starts to bend I’m my own monster, my only friend [Chorus] I’m fighting the vines inside my head Twisting tighter till the good is dead No one sees the war behind my eyes Just a kid with a grin and a thousand alibis Keep it together, keep it together Before the gate rips open forever [Bridge – half-time, spoken/snarled over distorted radio chatter] “Eleven can’t save me… no one hears the scream…” [guitar feedback swells like a portal tearing] [Final Chorus – layered gang vocals, synth choir] I’m fighting the vines inside my head Cut ‘em down but they grow back red If they ever knew the hell I hide I’d be the monster they run from tonight Keep it together, keep it together Or watch the whole damn world turn Upside-Down forever
