Echoes

(Verse 1)

Yeah, I been running from the voices, now they catching up

Mirror talks back like it’s had enough

Same face, different pain, I don’t recognize

Every time I try to heal, something else dies

I got dreams but they heavy, feel ‘em weighing me

Every step forward got me questioning

If I’m built for the pressure or I’m breaking down

Smile on the outside, but I’m fading now

I remember nights I was wide awake

Heart racing fast like it might just break

Tried to bury pain, yeah, I let it grow

Now it’s roots in my mind, I can’t let it go

People say “change,” but they don’t see scars

They don’t know the fight just to be this far

I been screaming out but it’s all in vain

When the loudest voice is inside my brain

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(Chorus)

These echoes in my head, they don’t ever leave

Every word they say got a hold on me

Try to shut ‘em out but they cut too deep

Yeah, they know my fears, yeah, they know my weak

I’m fighting shadows I can’t outrun

Past still loaded like a smoking gun

If I fall tonight, will I finally see

Who I am without all this weight on me?

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(Verse 2)

Yeah, I built walls but they closing in

Safe place turned to a lonely den

Every thought got a blade, yeah it cuts precise

Overthinking everything, I pay the price

I been chasing peace but it hides from me

Like it knows all the things that I try to be

Got a war in my chest, hear the battle cry

Truth hurts more when you’re asking “why?”

Why I feel this way when I should be good?

Why I can’t escape what I thought I could?

Every step I take feels like sinking sand

Try to reach for help but I pull my hand

I don’t trust myself, yeah I second-guess

Every single move, every word, confess

If I let you in, will you stay or leave?

That’s the kind of doubt that I never beat

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(Bridge)

Maybe I’m the one that I’m running from

Maybe I’m the war, not the smoking gun

Maybe all the pain got a purpose too

But it’s hard to see when it’s all you knew

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(Chorus)

These echoes in my head, they don’t ever leave

Every word they say got a hold on me

Try to shut ‘em out but they cut too deep

Yeah, they know my fears, yeah, they know my weak

I’m fighting shadows I can’t outrun

Past still loaded like a smoking gun

If I fall tonight, will I finally see

Who I am without all this weight on me?

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(Outro)

Yeah…

If I quiet down, will the noise just fade?

Or am I just stuck in the mess I made?

Still searching for a little clarity…

But these echoes… they got a hold on me.