[Verse 1]
Hello shadows
We meet again
You pull a chair up
Like a long-lost friend
You know the stories
I never tell
You keep the secrets
I buried too well
These burning prayers
Cut through my chest
I trade my heartbeat
For their rest
If something breaks
Let it be me
I sign in blood
So they walk free
[Chorus]
I’m sacrificing my soul
For the ones I love
Tear me open
Take it all
I won’t give them up
Drag me down through fire and stone
Let the heavens close above
I’m sacrificing my soul
For the ones I love (for the ones I love)
[Verse 2]
Every nightmare
Calls me by name
I walk in willing
Through the flame
Put my body
On the line
Place their sorrow
Over mine
If there’s a price
Then I’ll be the cost
I’ll be the echo
Of all they lost
Carve my promise
Into the night
If they are saved
Take my light
[Chorus]
I’m sacrificing my soul
For the ones I love
Tear me open
Take it all
I won’t give them up
Drag me down through fire and stone
Let the heavens close above
I’m sacrificing my soul
For the ones I love (for the ones I love)
[Bridge]
Take my fear
Break my bones
Leave me here
More than alone
If they breathe
If they rise
Let my fate
Be the sacrifice (yeah)
[Instrumental Break]
[extended guitar solo
Blistering high runs over churning chords
Drums surging toward the peak]
[Chorus]
I’m sacrificing my soul
For the ones I love
Hear me screaming in the dark
I won’t give them up
Drag me down through fire and stone
Let the heavens close above
I’m sacrificing my soul
For the ones I love
(for the ones I love)
(for the ones I love)