I Hear Them Planning
Girard
I Hear Them Planning
[Verse 1]
The walls go quiet when I breathe
Like they’re waiting, like they see
A muffled laugh behind the door
A sentence ends… I hear no more
My name falls soft between their words
Like something fragile, something cursed
They stop talking when I move
Like I’ve already lost, already proved
[Chorus]
I hear them planning in the dark
Half-spoken thoughts, a sharpened mark
They don’t say much, but what they do
Feels like a knife that already knew
[Verse 2]
Footsteps pause outside my room
A whisper bleeds into the gloom
“Not yet,” someone softly says
Time drips thick inside my head
Laughter cracks through paper-thin walls
I catch my breath, I miss it all
Every silence feels designed
Like they’re waiting for the right time
[Chorus]
I hear them planning, piece by piece
A broken phrase, a held-back tease
They don’t scream, they don’t shout
They don’t need to — they know I doubt
[Bridge]
—don’t tell them—
—too early—
—they’re listening—
—lock it in—
—tonight or tomorrow—
—make it clean—
[Verse 3]
I press my ear against the wall
My pulse too loud, my shadow tall
The words rearrange in my mind
Every pause feels pre-defined
They say my name like it’s a plan
Like something written long before I am
I don’t know what they want from me
But I know I’m not supposed to be free
[Chorus]
I hear them planning while I sleep
Promises they never keep
Every whisper cuts me through
Like I already know what they’ll do
[Outro]
They’re not hiding anymore
They don’t have to, I’m not sure
If the voices are outside…
Or if they learned to live inside