Jeremy Facknitz

Lyrics

"The Bully In My Head/Shame"
(Lyrics and music by Jeremy Facknitz, copyright 2025 ASCAP all rights reserved)

(The Bully In My Head)
The bully in my head, you know he says the meanest things to me
I don’t think he know what’s right from wrong
I only kept him ‘round so he’d protect me from the wolves
But I never thought he’d stick around this long

Now that I’m all grown up I don’t need him anymore,
still he knocks me to the floor
But I’m far from giving in
I’ll bring grace to the space I’m living in
seek some kindness and

find a way to love myself
I’m finding ways to love myself
I’m finding ways to love myself

(Shame)
VS. 1
Some say guilt and shame are different sides
to a coin that hardly ever pays
and when I’m off the rails, I can feel its heads and tails
tugging on my heart in separate ways

Guilt is what you feel for what you’ve done

shame is what you feel for who you are

it’s a permanent tattoo on the miracle of you
A self-inflicted life-long battle scar

CH
Shame on you, shame on me
for ever laying shame on you and me
When we’re who we’re here to be
living unapologetically
shame won’t have a hold on you and me

VS. 2
For many years I found it hard to move
stuck inside a mold I couldn’t break
There was nothin’ here worth seeing, just a less-than human being
Unable to forgive his own mistakes
eager minds are bound to find regret
beating hearts are gonna pay some tolls
good and bad must coexist and this mosaic of existence
is no excuse for torturing our souls

CH
Shame on you, shame on me
for ever laying shame on you and me
When we’re who we’re here to be
living unapologetically
shame won’t have a hold on you and me

BR
And when it grabs you by the hand, it’s good to know
That all we ever have to do is let it go

CH
Shame on you, shame on me
for ever laying shame on you and me
When we’re who we’re here to be
living unapologetically
Shame won’t have a hold on you and me
No shame won’t have a hold on you and me

No more shame…