”Listen. I could hear your voice, too. The whole time. Voices I didn't even want to hear... the whole time! Even if I covered my ears, I COULD STILL HEAR THEM IN MY HEAD! Countless voices, judging me with all sorts of words... out of interest, just for fun, out of resentment.”
—Fuuta Kajiyama, "Baptism of Fire", MILGRAM
"If you talk to God, you are praying. If God talks to you, you have schizophrenia."
"Can't you imagine how good going through with this will make you feel?
I promise no one will ever know
There will be no chance of you getting caught
They never loved you anyway
So come on, be a man
And do what you are compelled to do
(Save me, God!)"
I promise no one will ever know
There will be no chance of you getting caught
They never loved you anyway
So come on, be a man
And do what you are compelled to do
(Save me, God!)"
— Disturbed, "Voices"
"My room's comfortably small
With rubber lining the walls
And there's someone always calling my name
He calls when I'm alone
And he calls when I'm not home
And he calls when I'm stuck out in the rain
I'm insane, I'm insane
I'm insane, I'm insane"
With rubber lining the walls
And there's someone always calling my name
He calls when I'm alone
And he calls when I'm not home
And he calls when I'm stuck out in the rain
I'm insane, I'm insane
I'm insane, I'm insane"
— They Might Be Giants, "Absolutely Bill's Mood"
"It won't give up, it wants me dead
Goddamn this noise inside my head"
Goddamn this noise inside my head"
— Nine Inch Nails, "The Becoming"
"Voices, these voices, I hear them, and when they talk I'll
follow, I'll follow, I'll follow what they say..."
follow, I'll follow, I'll follow what they say..."
— Eminem, "Guilty Conscience"
"And the voices told me to blow you away! (You're gonna fall for me, you're gonna fall for me)"
— The Offspring, "Special Delivery"
"I'm friends with the monster that's under my bed
Get along with the voices inside of my head"
Get along with the voices inside of my head"
— Rihanna, "The Monster"
"They're the voices in my head (You're such a hack)
Saying things that shouldn't be said (You need Prozac)
I just hope that they will (No, we won't) go away..."
Saying things that shouldn't be said (You need Prozac)
I just hope that they will (No, we won't) go away..."
— Stephen Lynch, "Voices in My Head"
"I used to listen to the radio
But I've got an army of voices in my head
(Voices in my head)
We used to live in stereo
But I've got an army of voices in my head
(Voices in my head)"
But I've got an army of voices in my head
(Voices in my head)
We used to live in stereo
But I've got an army of voices in my head
(Voices in my head)"
— Switchfoot ft. Lindsey Stirling, "Voices"
"That was some quality playing there, courtesy of raocow and friends. The friends are the many voices just kinda chillin' in my head... I don't hear them, but they're there."
"DO YOU HEAR THE VOICES TOO?"
"Haaah... The Chaos Gods speak clearly now..."
"It is as though a thousand mouths cry out in pain!"
"Haaah... The Chaos Gods speak clearly now..."
"It is as though a thousand mouths cry out in pain!"
— Chaos Space Marine, Dawn of War
"You know... they say when you talk to God, it's prayer, but when God talks to you, it's schizophrenia."
— Fox Mulder, The X-Files
"Hearing the voice of God speaking to you is reassuring on one level, but on another level it means you’re hearing voices."
Earth: I think... I think it's speaking to me.
Jupiter: I don't hear anything.
Earth: No, not from out there. It's like it's coming from... inside of me?
Jupiter: I don't hear anything.
Earth: No, not from out there. It's like it's coming from... inside of me?
— Nebula
John Crichton: I've been, uh, having these.... Well I wouldn't exactly call them hallucinations - I've been having these... flashes of Scorpius.
Aeryn Sun: Flashes? Like memories?
John Crichton: No, they're not memories. It's more like he's talking to me. Have you ever been in a... in a crowded room and everybody's talking all at the same time, so you can't hear anybody and suddenly someone says your name, and then, like crystal, you hear every word they say. No matter how far away they are, it's like they're talking only to you.
Aeryn Sun: What is Scorpius saying to you?
John Crichton: He says he's gonna get me. He says he already has, I just don't know it yet.
Aeryn Sun: Flashes? Like memories?
John Crichton: No, they're not memories. It's more like he's talking to me. Have you ever been in a... in a crowded room and everybody's talking all at the same time, so you can't hear anybody and suddenly someone says your name, and then, like crystal, you hear every word they say. No matter how far away they are, it's like they're talking only to you.
Aeryn Sun: What is Scorpius saying to you?
John Crichton: He says he's gonna get me. He says he already has, I just don't know it yet.
Bojack: Hollyhock, I'm glad you're here. If I'm shitty, that's just because I'm shitty, and you're allowed to be mad at me. But you need to know that, whatever I do, it's not your fault.
Hollyhock: I know. I mean, I know, but I don't always know, you know? Like, sometimes, I have this tiny voice in the back of my head that goes like, "Hey, everyone hates you, and they're not wrong to feel that way."
BoJack: I know what you mean.
Hollyhock: That voice... the one that tells you you're stupid, and worthless, and ugly?
BoJack: Yeah?
Hollyhock: It goes away, right? It's just, like, a dumb teenage-girl thing, but then it goes away?
BoJack: (long pause) Yeah.
—BoJack Horseman, "Stupid Piece of Sh*t"
"THE UNIVERSE IS SINGING TO ME!"
— Sigma, Overwatch
"Bloomin' 'at! Stop whispering at me! I know!"
— Azhag the Slaughterer, Total War: Warhammer
Technoblade: Y'know, I haven't– I haven't told this to anyone, Phil, but I think... the reason it's so hard for me to be non-violent... it's because I hear voices, Phil. I hear... countless voices in my head, all the time. And the voices are crazy, Phil. Uh, sometimes they're angry, something they're sad, uh, sometimes they mock me. But the thing about the voices, Phil, the one thing they– the one– the one thing I hear from them the most... the voices demand blood, Phil. They demand blood.
Philza: Yeah, yeah. That's uh, I remember that being, uh, a thing that just happened with you a lot. It's so– you always had that, it's just you got better at ignoring them.
Technoblade: I-I've been trying to ignore them lately, Phil, but they're just so loud. They're just so loud, Phil, I just–
Philza: Because they're not getting fed?
Technoblade: I just wanna stab something. But I'm holding back, I'm holding back. I'm gonna be a good person, Phil. I'm gonna be a good person. Alright?
Philza: Yeah, yeah. That's uh, I remember that being, uh, a thing that just happened with you a lot. It's so– you always had that, it's just you got better at ignoring them.
Technoblade: I-I've been trying to ignore them lately, Phil, but they're just so loud. They're just so loud, Phil, I just–
Philza: Because they're not getting fed?
Technoblade: I just wanna stab something. But I'm holding back, I'm holding back. I'm gonna be a good person, Phil. I'm gonna be a good person. Alright?
— Techno's stream chat gets canonized, Dream SMP
“Whose advice does [President Kimba] listen to in government?”
“No one of his own people. Of course, he has his voices—so the few local whites say, those who’ve stuck it out by staying on.”
“Voices?” queried Sir James.
“Yes, sir. He claims to the people he is guided by divine voices. He says he talks to God. He’s told the people and the assembled diplomatic corps that in so many words.”
“Oh dear, not another,” mused Manson, still gazing down at the streets below. “I sometimes think it was a mistake to introduce the Africans to God. Half their leaders now seem to be on first-name terms with Him.”
“No one of his own people. Of course, he has his voices—so the few local whites say, those who’ve stuck it out by staying on.”
“Voices?” queried Sir James.
“Yes, sir. He claims to the people he is guided by divine voices. He says he talks to God. He’s told the people and the assembled diplomatic corps that in so many words.”
“Oh dear, not another,” mused Manson, still gazing down at the streets below. “I sometimes think it was a mistake to introduce the Africans to God. Half their leaders now seem to be on first-name terms with Him.”
Miss Martian: (telepathically) Don't worry—I'm almost there!
Artemis: Did you just hear a girl talking in your head?
Kid Flash: Girls are always on my mind. But they're not usually talking...
— Young Justice (2010), "Bereft"
