I started hearing voices in my head
When I was eight
They would wake me up at night
I couldn't fall back asleep while the voices yelled
And screamed my name
But the kind of screams and yells that your parents do
For you when you're in trouble
I'd lie awake in my bed, wondering when the nightmare would end
This went on for many years
My parents told me it wasn't real
But it didn't help
Didn't help
Voices inside
And I should just snap out of it
But it didn't work
How do you explain schizophrenia to a kid who is twelve
I thought everyone heard voices like me
Things started to change when, when I had treatment
I couldn't fall back asleep while the voices yelled
And screamed my name
Voices inside
Things started to change when, when I had treatment
Then everything was fine
I had a new way
To hide the voices inside
Voices inside