You stare at me like I'm brain-dead "Dr. Bad News" came with meds Think I'm suffocating underwater, bad enough Empty promises and lies are made with deeper cuts I'm okay, unafraid When my lungs collapse, it's overkill To whom you wrote I hope they choke on words that broke me And when they ghost, keep playing dead Bite my tongue instead Instead Instead Let it burn the open wounds in you Bite it instead Every tragic tales you've told Became my clarity that I've known That feeling, something breathing under my bed Something breathing next to my head instead You always pick the best times To drop every worst lines Celebrate the scars and ones to come Caving in like everything is breaking One by one, gone blink of an eye To whom you wrote I hope they choke on words that broke me And when they ghost, keep playing dead Bite my tongue instead Instead Instead Let it burn the open wounds in you Bite it instead An empty house with mirrors show I can't be loud when no one knows, woah Instead Instead Let it burn the open wounds in you Bite it instead Every tragic tales you've told Became my clarity that I've known That feeling, something breathing under my bed Something breathing next to my head instead