[VERSE 1 — FEMALE AND MALE SECTIONS] [FEMALE LEAD] heavy breathing POV — ceiling mind still running laps while my whole body’s freezing wallpaper peeling late-night demons creeping I can’t feel my face or the comfort when you’re speaking [MALE FEATURE RAP] warning lights flashing nervous system crashing I miss the dancing the laughing all the little things I had then heartbeat dragging vision lagging every time I start healing something pulls me backwards again I used to move like water now I move like a ghost every step feels unfamiliar inside the body I know most [PRE-CHORUS — FEMALE AND MALE SECTIONS] [FEMALE LEAD] and I swear I’m trying to separate fear from fact but when your body turns against you it’s hard to trust it back [MALE FEATURE] I don’t wanna panic I just wanna breathe but there’s something underneath my skin feeding off of me [CHORUS — FEMALE AND MALE SECTIONS] [FEMALE LEAD] my body betrayed me now I’m terrified stress is a parasite living deep inside [MALE FEATURE] fever dreams fahrenheit skin goes numb then comes alive [FEMALE LEAD] brought a knife to a gunfight [MALE FEATURE] thought I finally learned to fly til my nervous system capsized [FEMALE LEAD] I AM PETRIFIED (petrified) oh—oh—ohhh [MALE FEATURE] STRESS IS A PARASITE (parasite) oh—oh—ohhh [EDM DROP — DUET] parasite parasite taking pieces quietly parasite parasite taking pieces quietly parasite parasite how much of me is still me? [VERSE 2 — MALE FEATURE RAP] [MALE FEATURE RAP] and they act like I’m pretending like this pain’s performative why would I fake something that keeps taking all my relationships? “just get up” damn, groundbreaking if it was that easy don’t you think I would’ve saved me? everybody got opinions none of them can feel my skin though calm minds don’t grow from pressure peace can’t download through a window I’m exhausted from explaining what my body won’t translate and I hate how my own nervous system turned my bedroom to a cage I watch everybody moving while I’m frozen in one place trying not to disappear inside my own reflection’s face [PRE-CHORUS 2 — FEMALE AND MALE SECTIONS] [FEMALE LEAD] and I swear I’m trying to remember who I was before my body learned to panic every time I felt too much [MALE FEATURE] I don’t wanna fight myself every single night but stress is a parasite and lately it survives [CHORUS — FEMALE AND MALE SECTIONS] [FEMALE LEAD] my body betrayed me now I’m terrified stress is a parasite living deep inside [MALE FEATURE] fever dreams fahrenheit skin goes numb then comes alive [FEMALE LEAD] brought a knife to a gunfight [MALE FEATURE] thought I finally learned to fly til my nervous system capsized [FEMALE LEAD] I AM PETRIFIED (petrified) oh—oh—ohhh [MALE FEATURE] STRESS IS A PARASITE parasite parasite [EDM DROP — DUET] parasite parasite taking pieces quietly parasite parasite [EDM DROP — DUET] parasite parasite taking pieces quietly parasite parasite how much of me is still me? [BRIDGE — FEMALE AND MALE SECTIONS] [FEMALE LEAD] sometimes I wonder if my body still remembers peace or if my body still remembers s or if survival mode became the only version left of me [MALE FEATURE] I miss the person that existed before fear moved in before every heartbeat felt like a warning signal underneath my skin … [FEMALE LEAD] I just wanna feel alive without being scared of it…. OH-OH-OHHHHHH ⸻ [CHORUS — FEMALE AND MALE SECTIONS] [FEMALE LEAD] my body betrayed me now I’m terrified stress is a parasite living deep inside [MALE FEATURE] fever dreams fahrenheit skin goes numb then comes alive [FEMALE LEAD] brought a knife to a gunfight [MALE FEATURE] thought I finally learned to fly til my nervous system capsized [FEMALE LEAD] I AM PETRIFIED (petrified) oh—oh—ohhh [MALE FEATURE] STRESS IS A PARASITE parasite parasite [EDM DROP — DUET] parasite parasite taking pieces quietly parasite parasite taking pieces quietly parasite
