Erase the Pain

I’m just your pawn To move how you want You’re discarding all my thoughts You’re draining my blood Just to fill up your cup You take whatever you want You wanna change me You rearrange me Tear me apart from piece to piece You wanna mold me Try to control me Rip out the soul from me You break me down You hold me under 'til I drown myself I’m not your prisoner I’m breaking out I know you’re coming for me I know you’re coming for me But you won’t make me bleed You wanna consume So you pick at my wounds Criticize with every cut Held tight in your hand So I can’t take a stand 'Cause you’re scared of who I’ll become You wanna change me You rearrange me Tear me apart from piece to piece You wanna mold me Try to control me Rip out the soul from me You break me down You hold me under 'til I drown myself I’m not your prisoner I’m breaking out I know you’re coming for me I know you’re coming for me But you won’t make me bleed I won’t march in your parade I won’t march in your parade You break me down You hold me under 'til I drown myself I’m not your prisoner I’m breaking out I know you’re coming for me I know you’re coming for me But you won’t make me bleed I won’t march in your parade I won’t march in your parade

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Feb 22, 2026

Spinning around my mental now Oh, my head’s been filled with doubt What I kept inside will eat me alive Or will it keep me safe and sound? 'Cause I’m half alive Numb inside Dying to feel I’m dying to feel I can’t feel anything So lost and I can’t be saved Your voice but a memory Fade to black and erase the pain Erase the pain Fade to black and erase the pain Losing a piece of what I found Losing myself in all this crowd If I told you I’d die Would you keep me alive? Oh, would you save me from myself? Half alive Numb inside Dying to feel I’m dying to feel I can’t feel anything So lost and I can’t be saved Your voice but a memory Fade to black and erase the pain Erase the pain Fade to black and erase the pain I pretend, I pretend I pretend 'til I bend and bend 'Til I’m broken Are you broken? I forget, I forget I forget 'til it crept and crept Am I hopeless? Are you hopeless? I can’t feel anything So lost and I can’t be saved Your voice but a memory Fade to black and erase the pain I can’t feel anything Fade to black and erase the pain I can’t feel anything Fade to black and erase the pain

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Feb 22, 2026

Lips move, you speak But nothing that you're saying is connecting Heartbeat, repeat How do I rise if I'm falling down? Stop before I go and hit the ground I swear it’s what I’m gonna do How do I make myself heal, if I can't let myself in? How do I make myself real, when I feel like fading? 'Cause no matter how I try, deep down I'm paralyzed How do I make myself heal, if I can't let myself in? I fall, you reach, but I'm just slipping through your fingers I lie, but you see, without a moment looking for a reason Burn to die, to feel more alive How do I make myself heal, if I can't let myself in? How do I make myself real, when I feel like fading? 'Cause no matter how I try, deep down I'm paralyzed How do I make myself heal, if I can't let myself in? If I heal, can I stay, or will I fade away? How do I make myself heal? (Yeah) How do I make myself real? No matter how I try, deep down I'm paralyzed How do I make myself heal, if I can't let myself in? (Oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh) If I can't let myself in (Oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh) If I can't let myself in

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Feb 22, 2026

You’re the only one to blame If you try to see looking through your sleeve You don’t have to be afraid But if you try to clean with kerosene You’ll burn away You roll the dice to see your fate The devil always wins the game You’re better off with throwing grenades Blow it up, you like the way it burns You’ll burn at every turn Soon enough you’re gonna have to learn When you light the fire to your flame There’s nothing left to say Don’t expect for me to call your name 'Cause you wanna dream But your therapy gets stuck inside your head And when you try to leave The hand that feeds is on your neck You roll the dice to see your fate The devil always wins the game You’re better off with throwing grenades Blow it up, you like the way it burns You’ll burn at every turn Soon enough you’re gonna have to learn When you light the fire to your flame There’s nothing left to say Don’t expect for me to call your name You’re the only one You’re the only one to blame Come on The only one to blame Blow it up, you like the way it burns You’ll burn at every turn Soon enough you’re gonna have to learn Explode, explode When you light the fire to your flame There’s nothing left to say Don’t expect for me to call your name You’re the only one to blame Don’t expect for me to call your name The only one to blame Don’t expect for me to call your name The only one to blame

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Feb 22, 2026

I take my time I don't do well with attention I'm so used to staying in To keep my walls from caving in And I am a ghost I wander in circles around you I wanna breathe the air you breathe But all this smoke is killing me I find ways to disappear And my words are never clear I gotta find a way to face the things I fear I'm not good at letting go I can't stand to be alone Are you the light that leads me down the road? Can you take me home? I'm dragging it out I hold on tightly to memories 'Cause I'm scared of what will show It might be best if you never know I wanna run away Wanna start a war 'Til my knuckles bleed I need you, nothing more I've been lying to all of you 'Cause I've been trying to face the truth I find ways to disappear And my words are never clear I gotta find a way to face the things I fear I'm not good at letting go I can't stand to be alone Are you the light that leads me down the road? Can you take me home? I find ways to disappear And my words are never clear I gotta find a way to face the things I fear I'm not good at letting go I can't stand to be alone I found the light that takes me down the road It's you that leads me home It's you that leads me home It's you that leads me home I found the light that takes me down the road It's you that leads me home

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Feb 22, 2026

Hey, hey Hey, hey Hey, can you save me? I can feel myself slowly fading And my fear has turned to this An empty black abyss Trust in me but you don’t believe You can’t see nothing You won’t feel anything I’m a ghost, you don’t need me Need me You let go, couldn’t reach me You weren’t reaching out Hey, hey Hey, hey It, it doesn’t phase you That the walls you place I would run through 'Cause to you it’s just a dream A moonlight memory Trust in me but you don’t believe You can’t see nothing You won’t feel anything I’m a ghost, you don’t need me Need me You let go, couldn’t reach me Reach me You let me float away You cut me out of the frame And nothing really matters if it can’t feel the same I’m a ghost, couldn’t reach me You weren’t reaching out Can’t you hear the sounds of the cracks in your room Banging on the tiles just to scream out to you My voice became a whisper that you’ll grow to replace And I’ll be stuck in hell and you’ll forget my face Hey, hey Hey, hey I’m a ghost, you don’t need me Need me You let go, couldn’t reach me Reach me You let me float away You cut me out of the frame And nothing really matters if it can’t feel the same I’m a ghost, couldn’t reach me You weren’t reaching out Hey, hey Hey, hey

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Feb 22, 2026

Under your scope so you can see close Analyze the way that my colors take fold You pin my wings down so you can find out How long it'll take 'til I fall to the open ground I drag around all the weight of your words Shutting me down so your voice can be heard Make me your clone, make me your own You think you're curing a disease You got the answers, the vaccines You're making me hate me, making me hate me Pull at the strings to play your scene But I cut the ties from underneath You'll never save me, you'll never save me 'Cause I wanna know, and do you reap what you sow? And do you dull whatever seems to have a pulse? You try and fix me, to fix your machine But what's alive can never live without a soul I drag around all the weight of your words Shutting me down so your voice can be heard Make me your clone, make me your own You think you're curing a disease You got the answers, the vaccines You're making me hate me, making me hate me Pull at the strings to play your scene But I cut the ties from underneath You'll never save me, you'll never save me Try to be the one that you want and it just wasn't enough You took all my pride and turned it to dust You take my fragile bones and you'll make them your own You wanted everything 'til nothing's left of me You think you're curing a disease You got the answers, the vaccines You're making me hate me, making me hate me Pull at the strings to play your scene But I cut the ties from underneath You'll never save me, you'll never save me 'Cause I wanna know

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Feb 22, 2026

Miserable My funeral I try to fake it now I always had my doubts Push me to the edge I’ve been too blind to see What’s right in front of me So push me to the edge Can you even tell That I do this to myself? I’m just crying out for Anyone to understand me Anyone to understand me Or am I just too late? Stuck in my old ways I’m just crying out for Anyone to understand me I try to blame you now 'Cause I’m just shutting down So push me to the edge So miserable My funeral Can you even tell That I do this to myself? I’m just crying out for Anyone to understand me Anyone to understand me Or am I just too late? Stuck in my old ways I’m just crying out for Anyone to understand me Yeah, yeah So miserable (So miserable) My funeral (My funeral) So miserable (So miserable) Oh God Can you even tell That I do this to myself? I’m just crying out for Anyone to understand me Anyone to understand me Or am I just too late? Stuck in my old ways I’m just crying out for Anyone to understand me Oh God

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Feb 22, 2026

Take a look inside my head I tried to patch the wound But it keeps on coming back I'm hollow to the bone Screaming "Take my all" But you need more And I can't say my name 'Cause you're cutting off my tongue And I don't think you'll ever understand Just how you left me numb Oh, look what I've become You left a hole I'm not the same And I'm a patient I've been waiting for you To ruin this day or to make it You're getting high off of playing God Either stop my heart or replace it There's medicine to take For trying to forget an unforgettable face Tell me does it show? I breathe you in You watch me choke And I can't say your name 'Cause you're cutting off my tongue And I don't think you'll ever understand Just how you left me numb Oh, look what I've become You left a hole I'm not the same And I'm a patient I've been waiting for you To ruin this day or to make it You're getting high off of playing God Either stop my heart or replace it Mark me up, cut down the line Killing me keeps you satisfied And if it's really what you had in mind Cut me up, cut me up Since I'm already dead inside I'm a patient I've been waiting for you To ruin this day or to make it You're getting high off of playing God Either stop my heart or replace it And I'm a patient I've been waiting for you To ruin this day or to make it You're getting high off of playing God Either stop my heart or replace it Take a look inside my head Take a look inside my head Take a look inside my head Take a look inside my head

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Feb 22, 2026

I wanna peel apart a piece of my eyelids Take my past and throw it away I need to stop repeating the process It’s always been my biggest mistake Death to me, reborn today Rip away whatever made me weak Shed my skin right off my bones Replace all I’ve ever known Separate my fate on my own Separate my fate on my own Rip myself up inch by inch Repairing it stitch by stitch Separate my fate on my own Separate my fate on my own I like the sound of the cartilage cracking 'Cause every noise is another step And all the scars that are scattered on me Will fade away as I leave my flesh Death to me, reborn today Rip away whatever made me weak Shed my skin right off my bones Replace all I’ve ever known Separate my fate on my own Separate my fate on my own Rip myself up inch by inch Repairing it stitch by stitch Separate my fate on my own Separate my fate on my own Surviving to make a change Like a snake that breaks a cage There was poison in my veins I chose to throw it away It was more than I could take There was poison in my veins Shed my skin right off my bones Replace all I’ve ever known Separate my fate on my own Separate my fate on my own

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Feb 22, 2026