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.

Let it shake me, let it crack,

I won’t drown in flashbacks.

Breaking through the static, I’m electric, automatic,

Every scar I carry turning into power.

You can shake the ground, but I’m the loudest sound,

I won’t fade, I won’t crack —

No more running back —

I’m stronger than my past —

Flashbacks.

F-f-f-flash—

Flashbacks.

Back—back—back—

Flashbacks.

(heartbeat bass)

Flash—

Flash—

Flashbacks.

Ba-ba-ba-back—

Back—

Back—

(distorted whisper)

Flashbacks…

Fla—

Fl—

(static)