I was just a little boy…
Trying to find a place in this world.
Nobody asked me what I was feeling.
Nobody asked me why I was different.
They only asked…
“Why can't you be like everyone else?”
So I learned to hide.
I came home with tears in my eyes,
But nobody stopped to ask me why.
They said, “You must have done something wrong,”
So I swallowed my pain and carried on.
At school they laughed at the way I was,
They pushed me down just because…
I didn't fit inside their little world,
And when I came home, I was blamed again.
So I built these walls around my heart,
Piece by piece, I fell apart.
I became a stranger in my own home,
Surrounded by people… still feeling alone.
For years I kept him locked inside,
That frightened boy I tried to hide.
But every tear became a flame,
And every wound became my name.
Oh, the enemy within, I’m fighting the ghost,
Of all the things that I needed the most.
I’m dancing in shadows, a rhythm so deep,
With promises broken, and secrets I keep.
It’s the enemy within, pulling me down,
In a silent city, I’m wearing the crown.
Of sorrow and silence, of trying to be,
Someone that nobody wanted to see.
I looked in the mirror, who do I see?
A fractured reflection of who I should be.
I’m chasing the sunlight but living in night,
Afraid to give up, and afraid of the light.
My mother she sighed, she didn’t know why,
I’d sit in the corner and stare at the sky.
I couldn’t explain the ache in my chest,
Or how I was haunted and never could rest.
It wasn’t the bullies, it wasn’t the crowd,
It was the silence that felt way too loud.
I’m drifting away like a ship in the sea,
Lost in the man that they wanted for me.
Oh, the enemy within, I’m fighting the ghost,
Of all the things that I needed the most.
I’m dancing in shadows, a rhythm so deep,
With promises broken, and secrets I keep.
It’s the enemy within, pulling me down,
In a silent city, I’m wearing the crown.
Of sorrow and silence, of trying to be,
Someone that nobody wanted to see.
I’m breaking the glass, I’m starting to breathe,
Even if all that I do is to grieve.
I’m forgiving the boy that I left in the past,
I’m finding a truth that is built for to last.
No more the hiding, no more the shame,
I’m taking back power, I’m claiming my name.
Oh, the enemy within, I’m fighting the ghost,
Of all the things that I needed the most.
I’m dancing in shadows, a rhythm so deep,
With promises broken, and secrets I keep.
It’s the enemy within, pulling me down,
In a silent city, I’m wearing the crown.
Of sorrow and silence, of trying to be,
Someone that nobody wanted to see.
I was just a little boy…
Now I’m finding my way.
No enemy left inside.
Just me.
Just free.
(Fading out with deep soft bass)