3. The Passenger

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Lyrics:

It didn't tear me open

Didn't leave a mark

It settled where my spine meets thought

And learned my heart

I felt the moment shift

Like a breath that wasn't mine

My hands still felt familiar

But the timing wasn't right

I scream without a sound

Every time I try to fight

It answers with my mouth

And smiles through my eyes

I'm awake inside my head

While it's driving my skin

I feel the weight of every step

But I'm not choosing where I'm going

I watch myself say yes

To things I'd never let in

I'm still here

But I'm not the one living in me

It wears my voice like camouflage

Learns who I love and why

Uses every memory I have

To make the lie survive

I feel the damage as it's done

Feel the tremor in my bones

I know the moment I'm becoming

Something I won't come home from

I know the plan before it acts

I know the outcome every time

I'm not possessed by something foreign

It's rehearsing my own mind

I'm awake inside my head

While it's steering my life

Every word comes out my mouth

But none of them are mine

I try to pull the brake

But there's nothing left to grip

I'm still breathing

But I don't exist

I don't fade

I don't sleep

I don't lose myself in peace

I watch it hurt the ones I love

Using what I'd never be

If this is how it spreads

Then I'm already the threat

Not a monster in disguise

Just a witness with a pulse

I'm awake inside my head

As it perfects the disguise

I feel the guilt I feel the shame

But I can't change the design

If they ever look too close

They'll see it in my eyes

I'm not gone

I'm just trapped behind my life

If you hear me say it's fine

Don't believe me