Fightin’ the Force

[Verse 1]
I wrestle with a force in the nighttime
I felt like I was slipping out my right mind
An image that I couldn’t seem to wipe out
He’s waiting every time I turn the lights out
Constantly attacking while I’m sleeping and he won’t rest
I’m paralyzed, trapped inside my own flesh
Tryna think of something I can do to make him slow down
I’m screaming but my mouth is making no sound
Maybe if I calm down, I can try to break free
I know it’s over if I let him take me
Suspended animation and I couldn’t even stand up
My wrists stuck together like I’m handcuffed
Begging for the morning, it’s the only time that I’m free
His presence automatically would blind me
Panicking and nervous, got me shaking and it’s no lie
And the crazy part is I don’t even know why

[Chorus]
I’m afraid to go to sleep with forces hanging over me
I’m swinging ‘bows and wrestling while in my mind I’m questioning why
Who is this guy?
Coming every night?
Making me fight?

[Verse 2]
If I don’t make it out of this, I will sink
I couldn’t say a word but I could still blink
Had to find a reason to get out of his control soon
A dark shadow covered up the whole room
Then it flew down from the ceiling and the bed dropped
It put me in a full nelson headlock
Tried to fight it back but I didn’t last too long
I couldn’t get away ‘cause it was too strong
Then he lifted me and threw me up against a stone wall
I’m wishin’ I could yell or make a phone call
Tryna think it out and tryin’ not to make a wrong move
That’s when I heard a deep voice say, “I own you”
Couldn’t deal with the punishment I was absorbing, the external and internal torment
Wonder if I’ll ever make it back to a calm state
‘cause it’s been happenin’ every night for ‘bout a month straight

[Chorus]
I’m afraid to go to sleep with forces hanging over me
I’m swinging ‘bows and wrestling while in my mind I’m questioning why
Who is this guy?
Coming every night?
Making me fight?

[Verse 3]
The next night, I was tryna clear my mind out
I came up with an idea to find out what was terrorizing me and causing all these head wounds
I put a video recorder in my bedroom
Felt myself gettin’ sleepy so I took my clothes off
Then I hit record right before I dozed off
Fought through the night again ’til I felt the sunrise
But this time I’ma see him with my own eyes
I was real anxious when I woke up the next day
I picked up the recorder and I pressed play
Couldn’t wait to see the entity when it rose up
I watched about an hour then it showed up
Now I get to finally see who could this brother be
He picked the pillow up and tried to smother me
Fought my way out and took a breath for recovery
He looked in the camera, that’s when I saw it was another me
All of these nights I been fighting in this hell-house
It was me against me tryna take myself out
Why was this evil clone here? What’s he gonna do?
Then a voice in my head said, “The evil one is you
I’m the righteous side of you, you chose to go a lower route
So I come every night to fight your wickedness and choke it out
If you want me to unlock the greatness, I’d be glad to
I just need you to submit and let me kill the bad you”

[Chorus]
I’m afraid to go to sleep with forces hanging over me
I’m swinging ‘bows and wrestling while in my mind I’m questioning why
Who is this guy?
Coming every night?
Making me fight?