"Stranger In My Head" lyrics

Hi, for Desi? (Yeah)
Thank you
(You know Caliway?)
Uh, yeah, it's, uh, Otsego Street

L.A.'s been okay
But I'm terrified
Terrified of earthquakes
And they're calling me Mosaic
All sharp and shattered pieces
And I'm settin' my ways
But I'm second-guessing chronically
Ifs and maybes
And if you want my honesty
I've been faking it

When it all goes quiet
In this cage I'm in
Like the lions stand
Fighting with a stranger in my head
'Cause I forgot how
How to love myself
How to self-defend
Illusion to a stranger in my head

Damn, I think I'm jaded
'Cause I used to love
Bein' the life of the party
But now I kinda hate it
I'm isolated
Do I come on too strong?

But I'm second-guessing chronically
Ifs and maybes
And if you want my honesty
I've been faking it

When it all goes quiet
In this cage I'm in
Like the lions stand
Fighting with a stranger in my head
'Cause I forgot how
How to love myself
How to self-defend
Illusion to a stranger in my head

And it's telling me, telling me that I did too much
And it's telling me, telling me that I've said enough
And I'm giving in and I'm going numb
'Cause it's telling me that I do not deserve the love
Telling me, telling me I should take the punches
Telling me, telling me stay down in the trenches
It keeps telling me, telling me, yelling at me
That I'm not enough, not enough, not enough

When it all goes quiet
In this cage I'm in
Like the lions stand
Fighting with a stranger in my head
'Cause I forgot how
How to love myself
Illusion to a stranger in my head