The Man Who Wasn't There

It's torture! Havin' a death eater caged inside Personified himself as the shadow, INX I "I" meaning Inkling, and evil shifting being who lives within me I wish it could be put simply Around every corner he waits More sinister and unnerving than Norman Bates Amplified by 20, I don't find it funny, nah I'm fuckin' petrified every time he knocks How can it be fine? When it's all the fuckin' time Always in my peripheral, makin' me lose my mind It keeps gettin' worse Takin' the faces of my dead friends n' wearin' em' To me, it's not pretend He peels their eyes out, leaves his signature print Staring back at me with that sadist grin There's no escapin' the dark ragin' Inkling who shames Satan Make no mistake that he even leaves the Devil shakin' I am your worst nightmare INX I The man who was never there INX I Am I monster or creator? Either thought doesn't make me feel safer How am I in danger when I AM the danger? He knows no bounds, uses my darkest memories as ammunition It's like I relive every minute, but he Slows it down, makes sure I watch close Revealing he was the end to all the ones I loved most Like he somehow pushed em' over the edge But I thought he was only in my head How can this be? Is he fiction or reality? Some product of my nightmares? Or just traveling evil energy I must be fuckin' crazy, 'cause lately A lot of what he's saying is making so much sense to me No matter how grim it be, I know he's listening He's in every single wall, no matter where I go I can hear him call He's relentless, agressive I'm restless and fed up For once I just wish he'd shut the f*ck up! I am your worst nightmare INX I The man who was never there INX I I can't take another day of this shit Each second feels like I'm losing my grip I know I'll slip Once I do, that's the end, there's no recovery I become a vessel for his puppetry, no longer me So long as I hold my own, pretend he's not there I might have a chance, if not one final prayer Is it odd that I'm no longer scared when I see him upon the fuckin' stares? (Let me in) There he goes again with the whispering But what's frightening is that I'm starting to like it I'm cycling I don't know what's comin' over me It's getting harder and harder to see n' even harder still to breathe Am I the one upon the stairs? Am I the man who was never there? I am your worst nightmare INX I The man who was never there INX I (I am the Inkling, I'm sickening Forever vile and forever shifting I am INX, don't forget My very wish is just to shatter your existence So let me in...)