Whispers

Hi – I'm the voice inside that tells you "you're not good enough"

I linger in your head and turn your courage into dust

I trace your every failure like a line across your skin

And every time you falter, I’m the one who pulls you in

I’m carved into your habits, I’m the pause before you speak

I am louder when you’re tired, I’m the strongest when you’re weak

I measure your mistakes, then I frame them on your wall

I discourage you from trying, I will push until you fall

A loop that keeps on spinning, a bruise you never show

I’m the reason that you only stick to things you know

You're afraid of everything, it's embarrassing, the terror within your skin is coming close to the surface again

I won't bow to the whispers in my head

They try to chain me but I rise instead

I’m stitched into your story, though I never take the stage

The ink between the pages, the quiet bite of rage

You trade your sleep for progress, but I meet you in the dark

And every dream you’re chasing—I’ve already torn apart

I won't bow to the whispers in my head

They try to chain me but I rise instead

I edit every memory, I twist what you recall

Until your proudest moments feel like nothing much at all

I devour your accomplishments, an itch beneath your skin

The echo that reminds you where you failed and should have been

You try to keep me buried, to push me out of sight

But you'll never silence me, I will be there every night

I’m the weight that sinks your footsteps in a world you built to run

The shadow stretching longer even when you face the sun

I won't bow to the whispers in my head

They try to chain me but I rise instead

The dark may shout but it can't pull me down

I'm the spark that ignites this battleground