Nightmares I Can’t Outrun

A slow burn through the things you tried to bury — and the ones that keep finding their way back. (LYRICS by Andy Mitchell) VERSE 1 I start to clear the cobwebs from the corners of my mind, Lookin’ through the lenses of a life I left behind, Draggin’ every demon that I thought I’d left to die, The monster deep inside me keeps on scratchin’ at my eyes. Feeling something crawling deep beneath my skin, The wake of every moment a pleasure wrapped in sin. PRE‑CHORUS I’m reachin’ for the surface but the weight won’t let me rise, Every truth I try to swallow turns to poison in disguise. CHORUS I’m running from the nightmares that are crawling up my spine, Every step I take they’re tryna pull me out of line. I’m holding on to nothing but the fire in my eyes, ’Cause every part of me is sick of livin’ with these faults of mine. VERSE 2 I’m walking through the wreckage of the choices that I made, Every step’s a warning like a ghost that never fades. The shadows keep on twisting until the final shape is made, The nightmares keep on whisperin’ all the things I can’t outrun, And every time I face it, man, the nightmare’s just begun. PRE‑CHORUS (REPEAT) I’m reachin’ for the surface but the weight won’t let me rise, Every truth I try to swallow turns to poison in disguise. CHORUS (REPEAT) I’m running from the nightmares that are crawling up my spine, Every step I take they’re tryna pull me out of line. I’m holding on to nothing but the fire in my eyes, ’Cause every part of me is sick of livin’ with these faults of mine. BRIDGE I feel the tension rising like a faultline in my chest, Every crack is screaming that I’m running out of breath. There’s something in the shadows that keeps pulling at my name, A whisper in the static trying hard to stake its claim. FINAL CHORUS (VARIATION — “pull me out of time”) I’m running from the nightmares that keep clawing at my spine, Every step I take they’re tryna pull me out of time. I’m holding on to fury with the fire in my eyes, ’Cause every part of me is sick of carrying these faults of mine.