[INTRO]
(Distant heartbeat. Static. Heavy breathing.)
"The enemy isn't always waiting outside."
"Sometimes..."
"He's already inside."
(Heartbeat intensifies. A dark guitar riff enters.)
[VERSE 1 — RAP]
The enemy ain't out there, he's staring through my eyes.
Every failure, every scar, every truth I try to hide.
Got a voice in my head saying I should just break.
Telling me I'm not enough with every breath that I take.
Built these walls from anger/
Built these chains from pain/
Every time I think I'm free,
I'm dragged back again.
I carry every mistake like a weight on my chest.
Every battle I've survived still refuses to rest.
And the harder I fight, the louder it gets.
Like a ghost in my mind that I can't forget.
[PRE-CHORUS — METAL]
I hear the whispers in the dark,
Trying to tear me apart!
I feel the pressure closing in!
The war begins again!
[CHORUS — FULL BAND]
There's a war within,
And it's tearing through my soul!
Every scar, every sin!
Trying to take control,
But I won't give in!
No, I won't let it win!
I'll face the fire again!
In this war within!
[VERSE 2 — RAP]
I've been my own executioner/
My own worst disease.
Fighting battles in silence.
Dropped down to my knees.
Every mirror reflects/
Someone I barely know/
But if I run from myself,
Then where the hell do I go?
Fear wears my face.
Pain speaks my name.
Trying to convince me/
That I'll never change/
But every wound that I carry/
Is proof that I survived.
And every time they bury me,
I come back alive.
[PRE-CHORUS — METAL]
I hear the whispers in the dark,
Trying to tear me apart!
I feel the pressure closing in!
The war begins again!
[CHORUS — FULL BAND]
There's a war within,
And it's tearing through my soul!
Every scar, every sin!
Trying to take control,
But I won't give in!
No, I won't let it win!
I'll face the fire again!
In this war within!
[BREAKDOWN]
METAL VOCALIST:
FACE IT!
RAP VOCALIST:
No more running.
METAL VOCALIST:
FACE IT!
RAP VOCALIST:
No more hiding.
METAL VOCALIST:
FACE IT!
RAP VOCALIST:
The monster doesn't live in the shadows.
The monster lives in me.
METAL VOCALIST:
FACE IT!
BOTH:
AND TAKE BACK CONTROL!
[FINAL CHORUS]
There's a war within,
And it's tearing through my soul!
Every scar, every sin!
Trying to take control,
But I won't give in!
No, I won't let it win!
I'll rise through the fire again!
In this war within!
There's a war within!
But I am stronger now!
Every wound, every doubt--
Won't define me somehow!
I won't give in!
No, I won't let it win!
I'll rise through the fire again!
In this war within!
[OUTRO]
(The instruments fade. Only piano, heartbeat, and static remain.)
I searched the darkness...
And found myself.
The war never ended.
I just learned how to fight.
(Heartbeat slows.)
The enemy was never the world.
The enemy...
Was fear.
(Static fades into silence.)
FALLEN_EDEN