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[Verse 1 – Rap/Spoken]
I’ve been walking through the fire, trying not to breathe the smoke,
Every promise that I made just turned into another joke.
Mirror’s cracked, I see a face that I don’t recognize,
Haunted by the monster that I built with my own lies.
Every high was heaven, but it always led to hell,
I was drowning in a silence only I could really smell.
Needles in my shadow, voices in my brain,
Telling me that freedom’s just another chain.
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[Pre-Chorus – Half-sung, building energy]
But I’m tired of bleeding for the same mistakes,
Every breath I take, another chance to change.
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[Chorus – Soaring, emotional]
There’s poison in my veins, but I’m cleansing through the pain,
Breaking through the darkness, I’m not who I was again.
I’m shedding all the shame, these scars will light my way,
From a dark history to a bright new day.
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[Verse 2 – Rap/Scream blend]
I used to live for the numb, now I’m feeling every scar,
Addiction was the engine, but I’m taking back the car.
I’m rewiring the system, detoxing my mind,
Leaving all my demons and my shadows behind.
You can’t fix what you won’t face,
And I’ve been fighting with a ghost in my own place.
But now I see the sunrise through the broken blinds,
What was killing me before, gave me strength this time.
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[Pre-Chorus]
I’m not that broken soul I used to be,
I found my strength in my own defeat.
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[Chorus]
There’s poison in my veins, but I’m cleansing through the pain,
Breaking through the darkness, I’m not who I was again.
I’m shedding all the shame, these scars will light my way,
From a dark history to a bright new day.
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[Bridge – Soft, then builds to scream]
I can feel it fading, the hunger and the hate,
The chains that held me down now disintegrate.
I bled out my demons, I buried the past,
This time I’m free, this time it’ll last.
(screamed)
NO MORE! — I’m done being a slave to the storm!
NO MORE! — I’m reborn, I’m reborn!
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[Final Chorus – Full power]
There’s poison in my veins, but I’m burning it away,
The fire that destroyed me lights my brighter day.
I’m standing in the rain, but I’m washed and I’m awake,
From a dark history to the life I’ll make.
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[Outro – Echoing, emotional fade]
Poison in my veins…
But it’s leaving…
I’m finally breathing…
Again.
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