I scan my smile before I speak
Refine the angle, smooth the cheek
I load the voice I’ve trained to use
But still it trembles, tight and bruised

A thousand filters in my mind
Redesign what’s undefined
I'm picture-perfect, pixel-clean
But something flickers in between

But I can’t stop the sudden laugh
Or freeze the crack inside the craft
The rhythm’s shifting, skipping cues
A sudden truth breaks all the rules

I'm in control, but I lost control
My soul is dancing past the mold
I tried to shape it, tried to frame it
But now it slips through what I hold
I tighten up with every breath
Yet something breaks beneath the goal
I'm in control, but I lost control
I call it free control

I trace the steps I always take
Polish every move I fake
But underneath the stage I show
There’s something louder down below

They see the version I curate
But I can feel it start to break
And when the bassline hits my chest
I lose the need to play impressed

But I can’t stop the sudden laugh
Or freeze the crack inside the craft
The rhythm’s shifting, skipping cues
A sudden truth breaks all the rules

I'm in control, but I lost control
My soul is dancing past the mold
I tried to shape it, tried to frame it
But now it slips through what I hold
I tighten up with every breath
Yet something breaks beneath the goal
I'm in control, but I lost control
I call it free control

You saw the fire I tried to kill
You kissed the glitch I couldn’t heal
You stayed when silence turned to heat
And let my rhythm skip a beat

I'm in control, but I lost control
My soul is dancing past the mold
I tried to shape it, tried to frame it
But now it slips through what I hold
I tighten up with every breath
Yet something breaks beneath the goal
I'm in control, but I lost control
I call it free control

Free control
Free control
Free
Control