Echoes of My Mind

I hear the whispers crawling through my veins

A thousand shadows call my name in chains

Why won’t they stop these echoes in my head

I’m screaming back but they grow louder instead

Leave me be I’m not your hollow throne

Your words are fire carving into bone

I can’t escape I’m tethered to the sound

These voices drag me where I can’t be found

I built a fortress in my fragile soul

But they’re the storm that breaks and takes control

They say they’re me but I don’t recognize

The faces forming in my own disguise

Who am I when the silence finally falls

Will I remain or am I lost in their calls

They tear me open just to find their place

I stare at the mirror but can’t find my face

Stop the noise stop the noise stop the noise I plead

But their chorus grows from the wounds I bleed

They say I’m nothing I say they’re wrong

But their chant consumes me it’s been too long

Leave me be I’m not your hollow throne

Your words are fire carving into bone

I can’t escape I’m tethered to the sound

These voices drag me where I can’t be found