Swallowing Poison

Track 4 - Swallowing Poison [Lyrics] [Intro] I feel like a corpse in waiting. The walls hum with machines, And I don’t feel human anymore. [Verse 1] Needles pierce like clockwork, Another bag drips venom in my veins. They say it’s medicine, But it’s just fire chewing through my frame. I choke on side effects, Hands trembling as I count the pills. My peers are out there living, I’m stuck here drowning in chemicals. [Pre-Chorus] My lungs are burning embers, Every breath’s a war I can’t defend. This isn’t teenage living, This is a countdown with no end. [Chorus] Swallowing poison just to stay alive, But I’m fading faster every time. Sixteen years and already broken, Hope is just a word left unspoken. They’re dancing in the sun outside— I’m rotting here, watching my body die. [Verse 2] The mirror shows a stranger, Skin pale, eyes hollow, shadows carved. I used to dream of first love, Now I just dream of breathing without scars. Chemo strips away my youth, Shaves me bald, leaves nothing but the truth. And the truth is, I’m afraid— That tomorrow won’t ever come for me. [Pre-Chorus] My veins are stained with sorrow, Every drip erodes what’s left of me. I don’t feel human anymore, Just a shell in a hospital bed, unseen. [Chorus] Swallowing poison just to stay alive, But I’m fading faster every time. Sixteen years and already broken, Hope is just a word left unspoken. They’re laughing at a world I’ll never see, While death keeps tightening its grip on me. [Bridge] Why was I chosen? Why was I cursed? This body’s a coffin— Each breath feels worse. I should be living, But I’m only surviving. And every pill I swallow Feels more like dying. [Final Chorus] Swallowing poison just to stay alive, But there’s no future left in sight. Sixteen years and already broken, All my prayers are left unspoken. The world will move on, it always does… And I’ll disappear into the dust. [Outro] I don’t feel human. I don’t feel human. I don’t feel… anything.