Inside Voice

You're probably never gonna be someone's everything You're probably never gonna amount to anything No one's gonna wanna hear what you have to sing That's where my head goes Woe is me and I'm woe These four walls All that they do is talk Begging for silent thoughts But it's not like I have a choice They say, "Use your inside voice," but mine is too loud I'm scared that the call comes from inside the house And the more that I whisper, the more that they shout I'm drowning in thoughts that are drowning me out Paralyzed, traumatized, quiet the noises Learning to talk with my inside voices Waking up half-dead in my bed again Like somebody just sucked out the oxygen I know who to blame, damn, here they go again And again, and again, I feel like I'm caving in These four walls All that they do is talk They say, "Use your inside voice," but mine is too loud I'm scared that the call comes from inside the house And the more that I whisper, the more that they shout I'm drowning in thoughts that are drowning me out Paralyzed, traumatized, quiet the noises Learning to talk with my inside voices Quiet down, dial it back Do I just talk to fill the gaps? Like that kid in class The teacher always has to ask Quiet down, dial it back Do I just talk to fill the gaps? I'm that kid in class The teacher always says "Use your inside voice," but mine is too loud I'd do anything just to turn them all down And the more that I whisper, the more that they shout I'm drowning in thoughts that are drowning me out Paralyzed, traumatized, quiet the noises All my life, all of my thoughts are poisoned Paralyzed, traumatized, quiet the noises Learning to talk with my inside voices