Stranglehold

Intro

Verse 1

You're trapped in your head

By the war I ignited,

Dragging you under

Is the damage invited?

Verse 2

Feelings are broken

Often ignored.

By those who surround you

Who think you're just bored.

Pre-Chorus

I'm treading water in my mind,

Fighting wars I can't outrun,

Every breath is borrowed time,

Every battle turns me numb.

The dark starts to rise,

You're losing the fight,

Like lungs full of water,

No surface in sight.

Chorus

An eternal stranglehold,

Panic sharp, vision blurs.

The body remembers

What the mind prefers.

Verse 3

Your inner critic

Wears your voice and your skin,.

Passes judgment and shame

.

All in the name of "discipline".

Pre-Chorus 2

Ghosts of who you were

Start clawing, breaking skin.

Every loss resurfaces,

Every "what if"...caves in.

Chorus 2

An eternal stranglehold,

Panic sharp, vision blurs.

The body remembers

What the mind prefers.

Breakdown

Until your future becomes futile,

And meaning feels thin,

Like living is a room

You were...never...meant in.

Outro