Don’t Look Up

I swear it started small

Just a shadow on the wall

Like my eyes were playing tricks again

I laughed it off at first

Said my mind was just rehearsed

From the nights I never slept in

But it stayed when I blinked

Yeah, it moved when I breathed

Like it wanted me to notice

Now it’s tracing every step

Every thought in my head

And it’s smiling when I’m broken

I don’t wanna say it out loud

Feels like it gets closer when I do now

Every mirror, every dark room

I feel it breathing when I’m not in control

Don’t look up, don’t look up

It’s right there on the ceiling

Wide grin, too big

Like it’s feeding off the feeling

Teeth stretch, eyes gone

But I feel it staring through me

If I scream, it just laughs

Like it already knew me

Don’t look up, don’t look up

But I can’t keep pretending

It’s not real, it’s not real

But it’s never really ending

Heavy chest, can’t run

Hear it calling from above

“Come a little closer, I just wanna be your love…”

Now it follows in the day

In the light it fades to gray

But I swear I see it breathing

In reflections, in the glass

If I move, it kinda lags

Like it’s glitching just to tease me

I don’t feel like myself

Like there’s someone else

Pulling wires in my system

Every thought gets too loud

And the silence screams now

Like it’s waiting for permission

I tried to cover every light

But it’s brighter in the black of night

Tell me why it knows my name

Before I even think it

Don’t look up, don’t look up

It’s right there on the ceiling

Wide grin, too big

Like it’s feeding off the feeling

Teeth stretch, eyes gone

But I feel it staring through me

If I run, it appears

Like it’s always gonna choose me

Don’t look up, don’t look up

But I’m losing my direction

Every step, every breath

Feels like part of its reflection

Heavy bass in my head

Like a heartbeat out of sync

“Just a little closer now…

Don’t think, don’t think…”

Maybe it’s me

Maybe I broke something I can’t see

Maybe that smile is mine

Just… bigger than it should be

If I let it in

Would it finally let me sleep?

Or would I disappear

And it’d be the one they keep…

Don’t look up, don’t look up

(It’s inside me, I can feel it)

Wide grin, stitched tight

(I don’t know what’s even real, yeah)

Teeth sharp, closing in

(It’s not leaving, it’s not leaving)

I’m not me, I’m not me

But it loves the way I’m breaking

Don’t look up, don’t look up

(It’s not over, it’s beginning)

Say my name, say my name

Now it’s underneath my skin and

If I smile just right

I can almost make it stop—

…

…but it smiles back.