(Intro – slow, ominous riff)
Pain rips and tears what’s left inside
No room for healing
Only ruin remain
(Verse 1)
Pain rips and tears whatever’s left in me
Leaves no space for healing to survive
Just destruction carved in memory
No cure strong enough to quiet the knife
Dark reflections claw the mind
Self-doubt speaks in sharpened threats
Every breath another fight
With the parts of me I haven’t killed yet
(Pre-Chorus)
The struggle to stay in the light
Is a war I’m losing control
Truth comes back in fragments
While the demon tightens its hold
(Chorus)
We fight to take our lives back
But victory fades to defeat
Controlling the greed and depression
That keeps sinking its teeth in me
We fight to take our lives back
But the past won’t let me forget
Good memories start erasing
As the darkness places its bets
(Verse 2)
Minor blemishes pass as truth
Set aside just to survive
Let the inner demon rule the room
Fragile minds don’t make it out alive
Absent control holds the key
To a happiness we never found
We march through wars inside our heads
Just to burn everything to the ground
(Pre-Chorus 2)
I never learned how to lead myself
I only followed the fall
Defeat became a state of mind
And pity built these walls
(Chorus)
We fight to take our lives back
But victory fades to defeat
Corruption sets the truth on fire
While it laughs at our beliefs
We fight to take our lives back
But the damage is already done
Greed and depression keep bleeding through
Everything we’ve become
(Breakdown (slow → crushing)
Victory is overrated
Shattered by corrupted hands
Truth burns with the rest of us
In the ashes of mankind
Can you carry the meaning of life
When the weight starts to crack your spine?
Can you face the struggle
Without losing your mind?
(chug chug — pause)
WITHOUT
LOSING
YOUR
MIND
(Bridge (half-time, bleak)
Moments of truth are forged in choice
Tested souls, untamed and worn
Some survive, some disappear
Some are never reborn
We fought every battle given
Never once waved the white
But this time our strength is gone
And we surrender to the night
(Final Chorus (bigger, slower)
We waved our flags
Yielded the fight
Lost what mattered
Somewhere in the night
We waved our flags
Gave up control
Never knowing what mattered
To save our souls
(Outro (spoken or screamed)
We gave up
Without knowing
What was worth saving
Frezzydee
