Verse 1

Every face felt loaded

Every word had teeth

I watched myself breathing

Like I was doing something wrong

I thought they were counting

Every mistake I made

So I stayed quiet

Tried to be perfectly safe

I felt eyes in the hallway

Eyes in my skin

Even love felt dangerous

Like it wanted in

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Pre-Chorus

I didn’t trust the silence

I didn’t trust my head

Every thought felt monitored

Every thought felt read

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🩸 Chorus

They were everywhere

In the walls, in the air

I thought the system was watching

Waiting for me to slip somewhere

I tried to be perfect

So I wouldn’t be seen

But fear kept growing

Inside of me

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Verse 2

I thought my family was part of it

That love had turned into threat

I ran from the people I needed

‘Cause my mind said I wasn’t safe yet

TV talked in half-sentences

Phones knew what I’d do

I stopped trusting water

I stopped trusting food

Pre-Chorus 2

They said I was safe

But it felt like a trap

I thought if I swallowed

I’d never come back

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🩸 Chorus

They were everywhere

In my blood, in my head

I thought the hospital

Was trying to hurt me instead

I stayed empty, alert

Tried to stay in control

Because fear told me

That was the goal

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Bridge (very dark, psychological)

I didn’t want to disappear

I just wanted it to stop

The noise, the fear

The pressure that wouldn’t drop

My thoughts crashed into each other

Nothing felt real or right

I felt guilty for being afraid

Of the ones who loved me most

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Breakdown (spoken / whispered)

I wasn’t trying to hurt myself

I was confused

Terrified

Lost inside my own head

Everything felt dangerous

Even help

Even love

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Final Chorus (slow, heavy)

They were everywhere

Or so I believed

My mind turned fear

Into something I couldn’t leave

I tried to survive

I tried to be strong

But paranoia

Told me I was wrong

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Outro (quiet, grounding)

Now I know

It was my mind in alarm

Trying to protect me

From imagined harm

I’m still here

Even after all that fear

I’m still me

And I’m still here