Chase

(Verse 1)

Neon flickering, the room starts to spin

Thinking 'bout the cycle that she trapped me in

Sweet words and skin, yeah, she painted it nice

A quick love bomb just to freeze me in ice

Weaponized affection, then she cut the cord

Left me in the static, staring at the floor

Now the midnight hits and the shadows start to grow

Demons in my bedroom putting on a show

They whisper every failure, they echo her laugh

So I look for the bottle just to split 'em in half

Pour it up, light it up, chemical relief

Chasing down a ghost just to bury the grief.

(Chorus)

And I nod my head while the world goes black

Walking on a tightrope, no way back

Closer to the edge than I care to admit

Trying to erase her and the fire she lit

Heart flatlining to a distorted beat

Chasing after comfort that I’ll never meet

Life keeps hitting hard so I heavy up the dose

Dancing with the devil till he gets too close.

(Verse 2)

Metallic taste of copper on the back of my throat

Sinking in a ocean where I used to float

She filled a void with poison then she walked away

Now I’m paying up the price every single day

Insomnia griping, eyes open wide

Nowhere left to run from the terror inside

One more pill, one more line, level out the spike

Waiting for the hammer or the lightning to strike

Chest getting heavy, room getting cold

Trading in my soul for a story untold

Just a coping mechanism running on exhaust

Counting up the pieces of everything I lost.

(Chorus)

And I nod my head while the static grows

Walking on a tightrope that nobody knows

Closer to the edge than I care to admit

Trying to erase her and the fire she lit

Heart flatlining to a distorted beat

Chasing after comfort that I’ll never meet

Life keeps hitting hard so I block out the noise

Lost in the echo of the phantom voice.

(Outro)

(The distorted 808 bass starts to stutter and glitch.)

Breaking the cycle...

Just to make it through the night...

Just to step into the light...

(The mechanical clanking from the intro returns, slowing down like a machine powering off until it cuts to absolute silence.)