Chokehold

(Verse 1)

I’ve been clawing at the walls inside my mind,

Every breath I take is burning up my spine,

I can hear the voices whisper, “You’ll never be free,”

I’m a prisoner of memories that keep strangling me.

(Pre-Chorus)

It’s getting harder to pretend I’m fine,

Every shadow wants a piece of my life—

I reach for the light but it fades away,

Now I’m begging for air in the mess I made.

(Chorus)

I’m caught in a chokehold, can’t break the chain,

Drowning in the silence, addicted to the pain.

Every time I fight back, it tightens again—

This life’s a noose, and I’m hanging by my sins.

(Verse 2)

There’s a war in my chest that I’ll never win,

The scars on my heart are where it begins.

I scream for escape but the echo lies,

I’m a ghost in my skin with dead glass eyes.

(Breakdown / Bridge)

Let me breathe—

I’m suffocating underneath the weight of me!

Let me bleed—

If this is what it takes to finally be free!

(Drop / Heavy Section)

Tear me open, let the black pour out,

This is my purge, my final doubt.

Choke me ‘til I fade, ‘til I disappear,

I was never alive, I just existed in fear.

(Final Chorus)

I’m caught in a chokehold, can’t break the chain,

Drowning in the silence, addicted to the pain.

If I let go, will I still remain?

Or will the dark finally know my name?

(Outro / Whisper)

I can’t breathe…

And maybe that’s the only peace I’ll ever need.