[Verse 1] They hate me 'cause I linger in the mind Every word I drop, I leave a scar behind I don't chase applause, I just crack the seal Say one sentence, now it circles for real I sit in your head like a tenant with keys Turn your proud little smile into unease You replay my line when the room gets quiet That thought gets loud, you can't diet I speak in layers, you peel one by one Meaning on meaning till the damage is done You call it a curse, I call it a spark I know where to hit when it gets dark [Pre-Chorus] Now you can't unhear it Can't outrun the phrase It keeps coming back Through your better days [Chorus] I live in your head (live in your head) Run that back again (run that back again) I live in your head (live in your head) Till the sad turns in I live in your head (live in your head) You replay my name (replay my name) I live in your head (live in your head) Now you feel that shame [Verse 2] They smile in my face, then they swallow the sting 'Cause I name the part they been hiding in spring I don't need a blade, I got syntax and timing Put truth on the table and watch it start climbing Now they got to face what they tried to ignore Every cold little wound got a knock at the door I'm the voice in the loop when the night gets thin The line you deny keeps dragging you in I ain't here to save you, I came to expose Every jealous thought and the way it grows If hate's what you feed, then it multiplies I just hold up a mirror to your disguised lies [Pre-Chorus] Now you can't unhear it Can't outrun the phrase It keeps coming back Through your better days [Chorus] I live in your head (live in your head) Run that back again (run that back again) I live in your head (live in your head) Till the sad turns in I live in your head (live in your head) You replay my name (replay my name) I live in your head (live in your head) Now you feel that shame [Bridge] Funny how the ones who grin the widest Keep the heaviest hurt where the silence hid it I don't plant the pain, I just name the source Then it grows teeth and it finds its course So if you feel me, that's your own echo Your own fear coming up from below I was the match, you were the paper Now the smoke spell you like a traitor [Final Chorus] I live in your head (live in your head) Run that back again (run that back again) I live in your head (live in your head) Till the sad turns in I live in your head (live in your head) You replay my name (replay my name) I live in your head (live in your head) Now you feel that shame