Flashbacks

(static)

I see you…

I see you…

Same street, different night,

Neon flickers in my sight.

Footsteps echo down the block,

Memory hits like a shock.

Every sound pulls me back,

Like a film with a broken track.

I move forward but I snap —

Something pulls… it overlaps.

Heartbeat racing, can’t relax,

Shadows stepping through the cracks.

I breathe in, I fade to black…

And then it’s—

Running through my brain like a storm I can’t contain,

Faces blur but feelings stay, pulling me away.

Louder than before, knocking on a locked door,

I try to fight but I fall right back —

Flashbacks.

F-f-f-flash—

Flashbacks.

Ba-ba-ba-back—

Flashbacks.

Flash—flash—flashbacks.

Back—back—back—

I fall right back -

F-f-f-flash—

Flashbacks.

Ba-ba-ba-back—

Flashbacks.

Flash—flash—flashbacks.

Back—back—back—

(Static cut)

Bright lights but I feel cold,

Memories I never told.

Different room, same reaction,

Past and present in collision.

Every laugh sounds warped and bent,

Every second feels pre-spent.

I blink twice, the room contracts —

And I’m thrown into—

Heartbeat racing, can’t relax,

Shadows stepping through the cracks.

I breathe in, I fade to black…

And then it’s—

Crashing through my head, every word I never said,

Every version I outgrew breaking through.

Spinning out of time, blurring every line,

I try to run but I react —

Flashbacks.

F-f-f-flash—

Flashbacks.

Ba-ba-ba-back—

Flashbacks.

Flash—flash—flashbacks.

Back—back—back—

I fall right back

F-f-f-flash—

Flashbacks.

Ba-ba-ba-back—

Flashbacks.

Flash—flash—flashbacks.

Back—back—back—

(Beat cut)

Flashbacks

Maybe they’re just echoes,

Proof I survived the fall.

Maybe they don’t control me —

Maybe I’m stronger than it all.

I try not to let it drown me....

But... it's...

Breaking through the static, it’s chaotic, automatic,

Every scar reopens every hour.

You can shake the ground, but I’m buried in the sound,

I try to move, I snap —

It always pulls me back —

I can’t escape the past —

Flashbacks.

F-f-f-flash—

Flashbacks.

Back—back—back—

Flashbacks.

(heartbeat bass)

Flash—

Flash—

Flashbacks.

I fall right back

Ba-ba-ba-back—

Back—

Back—

(distorted whisper)

Flashbacks…

Fla—

Fl—

(static)