“War Inside My Head”

“War Inside My Head” [Intro] (clean guitar, distant strings swelling) [E minor] Sixteen years… and the war ain’t done… [Verse 1] [Em] Sixteen years, I wore the crown of clean [C] But silence screams louder than I’ve ever seen [G] The ones who loved me—they’ve all disappeared [D] And even the ghosts don’t come back here [Em] The ones who broke me—they’re buried the same [C] No one left to curse, no one left to blame [G] Just empty rooms and a ticking sound [D] Of a woman lost but still not down [Pre-Chorus] [Am] I talk to walls that don’t reply [C] I ask God questions every night [G] If healing’s real, then why’s it slow? [D] Why won’t this broken system go? [Chorus] [Em] ⚡ There’s a war inside my head ⚡ [C] Every word I never said [G] Every wound that never bled [D] Still comes back to life instead [Em] ⚡ There’s a war I cannot flee ⚡ [C] No surrender left in me [G] I’m still fightin’ just to breathe [D] In the wreckage I still believe [Verse 2] [Em] Foot on the pedal, urgency burns [C] Every red light is a lesson not learned [G] Fractured zones, nowhere feels safe [D] Ghosted places I used to embrace [Em] Every corner holds a memory’s knife [C] Every street echoes a different life [G] I reroute roads just to survive [D] But I’m still here… I’m still alive [Pre-Chorus] [Am] The child I was still cries inside [C] Nowhere left for her to hide [G] She’s pulling threads I can’t outgrow [D] A past that never lets me go [Chorus] [Em] ⚡ There’s a war inside my head ⚡ [C] Every tear I never shed [G] Every scar the silence fed [D] Builds the battlefield I tread [Em] ⚡ There’s a war I cannot cease ⚡ [C] I don’t even know what’s peace [G] But I’m still beggin’ on my knees [D] For a moment of release [Bridge] [Am] My family live in rectangles now [C] Voices close but miles somehow [G] No hands to hold, no arms to stay [D] Just screens that glow… no oe here with me [Am] My body breaks before I learn [C] Every step’s a fire I burn [G] Pain rewrites what I can be [D] Still I scream for clarity [Breakdown Build] [Em] Surrender… [C] Not to fall… [G] But to heal… [D] Before I lose it all… [Final Chorus] [Em] ⚡ There’s a war inside my head ⚡ [C] But I ain’t finished yet [G] Every breath’s a loaded threat [D] And I’m still standin’ in the wreck [Em] ⚡ If surrender means I live ⚡ [C] Then take everything I give [G] Break me down but let me rise [D] There’s still fire in these eyes [Outro] [Em] Sixteen years… and I’m still here… [C] Not at peace… but I’m still here… [G] War inside my head… [D] But I ain’t dead…