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Northernly · I'm Alright · Track 3

Static

On the noise inside the quiet — a song about the voices we mistake for our own, and the exhaustion of holding it all together.

Lyrics

[Chorus]
Static in my head
Static in my chest
How do I know which voice is mine?

Sitting in the silence
Lying through the night
How do I know if I'll ever feel alright?

[Verse 1]
The frightening part isn't that I'm sad
It's how quickly it became all I've had
I wear it like skin
Like a mask
Forgot where I end

Somewhere between my lungs and my tongue
Something went quiet
And never came back
I still laugh
Still wave
Still say I'm fine
Like saying it enough
Might make it mine

[Chorus]
Static in my head
Static in my chest
How do I know which voice is mine?

Sitting in the silence
Lying through the night
How do I know if I'll ever feel alright?

[Verse 2]
My mind files every wound
Under keep
Never remove
I sit with the ghost
I've spent years feeding
And wonder why
He won't leave

Maybe I've mistaken
Silence for rest
Maybe the loudest voice
Is just the one
I've listened to best

[Chorus]
Static in my head
Static in my chest
How do I know which voice is mine?

Sitting in the silence
Lying through the night
How do I know if I'll ever feel alright?

[Bridge]
Every room became an echo chamber
Every thought turns a little stranger
I whisper one cruel thing about myself
The walls repeat it back

Again
Again
Again

Sometimes I wonder if the static wants me gone
Or just wants me to believe
I never belonged

[Chorus]
Static in my head
Static in my chest
How do I know which voice is mine?

Sitting in the silence
Lying through the night
How do I know if I'll ever feel alright?

Static in my head
Static in my chest

I don't think I want to die
I think I just want
One quiet night

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