We the People - Panic Button Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Flickering lights in my bedroom at night
Muffled screams seeping through paper-thin walls
I learned to count backwards, breathe in and out
While my mind built its walls, automatic shutdown

[Pre-Chorus]
Every shadow's a trigger
Every sound makes me shiver
Fight or flight, getting bigger
Till I can't feel a thing

[Chorus]
Hit the panic button, watch my world dissolve
Static in my head now, systems override
Fragments of my memory scatter like broken glass
But I'm still f*cking breathing, that's all I need to know

[Verse 2]
Prescription pills and therapy bills
Can't decode what my brain won't let me see
Playing pretend till the memories bend
Till the truth becomes something I can stand

[Pre-Chorus]
Every heartbeat's a warning
Every nightmare's transforming
Into stories less haunting
Till I believe my own lies

[Chorus]
Hit the panic button, watch my world dissolve
Static in my head now, systems override
Fragments of my memory scatter like broken glass
But I'm still f*cking breathing, that's all I need to know

[Bridge]
Sometimes I wonder if I'm even real
Or just a glitch in my own machinery
Reprogramming pain till it fades away
Is survival just another game we play?

[Verse 3]
In this fractured reflection I see
All the pieces that used to be me
Kaleidoscope mind spinning free
Till the past becomes poetry

[Chorus]
Hit the panic button, watch my world dissolve
Static in my head now, systems override
Fragments of my memory scatter like broken glass
But I'm still f*cking breathing, that's all I need to know

[Outro]
The walls are melting, but I'm still here
The walls are melting, but I'm still here
The walls are melting, but I'm still here
Just breathe, just breathe, just breathe