Can’t Break Free

(Aubrey Gravat)

song about struggling with mental illness

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[Verse 1] No happy ever after No God and no religion Just demons on my back And in my head A lot of tension And I feel I'm getting worse It feels like I'm regressing I would say I need a doctor But they're always second guessing So what the fuck do I do Where the fuck do I go I used to be alive But now I'm just a ghost And it feels like there's no answer And I really feel there's no hope And I wish I could pretend But this is not a joke [Chorus] It's a cycle It's a cycle And I can't break free I can't break free It's a cycle It's a cycle And I can't break free I can't break free And I wish I could But I can't break free And I know I should But I can't break free And I know I should But I can't break free [Verse 2] I used to be an optimist Used to be positive But now I see a monster Every time I'm looking in the mirror And I need a cure Cause I don't think I can last here I need something Need something to keep me breathing But I can't find it I'm tired and tired and tried and tried it I can't find it I've tried and tried and tried and tried it So what the fuck do I do Where the fuck do I go I used to be alive But now I'm just a ghost And it feels like there's no answer And I really feel there's no hope And I wish I could pretend But this is no joke [Chorus] It's a cycle It's a cycle And I can't break free I can't break free It's a cycle It's a cycle And I can't break free I can't break free And I wish I could But I can't break free And I know I should But I can't break free And I know I should But I can't break free

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