[Intro]

Today class, we're going to be exploring the brain!

[Verse]

There's a knot inside my gut that's twisting just like rope

Every hour pulls it tighter choking out all my hope

I wear my skin like it's 2 sizes wrong

Like I move too fast and the seams are all gone

[Chorus]

Don't lose yourself to all of your delusions

Don't lose yourself to all of your delusions

[Verse]

There's a vine inside my chest that tightens all the time

It wraps around my lungs and it's climbing up my spine

I chew the inside of my cheek til it bleeds

Every thought's a thorn and it gets tanglеd just like weeds

[Chorus]

Don't lose yourself to all of your dеlusions

Don't lose yourself to all of your delusions

[Verse]

There's a bird that's nesting right inside of my chest

It sings when I'm quiet it just won't let me rest

My smile's always crooked and it bends when I lie

My laughter sounds fake when it's aiming far too high

[Bridge]

It's easy to forget that silence is an outlet

That not every hour needs to become output

I hear phantom feedback even when the room's quiet

My head counts measures in my sleep in private

And sometimes I think, if I just took the meds

If I turned it off the voices just inside my head

Would the music still be mine?

Or would it finally sound like me again?

Wait, I have an idea

What if I just change the tune?

[Verse]

If I make the song sound happy everything will be just fine

Dress up all the panic in 4 by 4 time

Lay a melody down like I don't feel impending doom

Sweep the mess aside with a happy bedroom tune

I don't need to rest at all if I get the drop just right

I don't need help at all if I can make the chorus nice and tight

I'll find a happy melody that reminds you of a lullaby

Maybe then I'll have no one ask me why I want to cry

[Verse]

I'll reverb the silence and side chain all the tears

Spin the vinyl like I've been spinning fine for years

If they dance to the sound I built from all of my ache

Then maybe my smile just won't sound so fake

Maybe if I make the song sound happy I won't feel quite so numb

I have you bounce to the beat while my insides slowly hum

Throw some major chords on the parts that scream too loud

Cut the grief with a drop just to please all the crowd