Broken Mask Riot

I woke up hard in a room of scars

Blue hair on the mirror, blood on the bars

My hands shake fast like a thunderclap

Every old hurt comes crawling back

I heard your name in the hallway air

Like a blade in my throat, like a loaded stare

I keep my cool, then it all erupts

One red blink and the world lights up

Tell me why the wound still sings

Why the fire won't leave these wings

I bite down hard, I hold my breath

But I feel that storm under my chest

Break me open

I don't fold

Broken mask riot

Burning gold

Break me open

Watch me rise

Broken mask riot

In my eyes

I took every hit with a hollow grin

Kept the hurt in a cage, let the dark creep in

Now every doubt like a phantom foe

Hits my ribs when the room gets cold

You call it fear, I call it fuel

I turned my grief into something cruel

If I go down, I go loud tonight

With a cracked-out heart and a battle cry

Tell me why the wound still sings

Why the fire won't leave these wings

I bite down hard, I hold my breath

But I feel that storm under my chest

Break me open

I don't fold

Broken mask riot

Burning gold

Break me open

Watch me rise

Broken mask riot

In my eyes

I was made from the wreckage

Made from the ache

Made from every promise

They tried to break

So come on, hit me

I won't back down

I'm the tear in the silence

I'm the ghost in the crowd

Break me open

I don't fold

Broken mask riot

Burning gold

Break me open

Watch me rise

Broken mask riot

In my eyes

Break me open

Hear me roar

Broken mask riot

Wanting more

Break me open

One more time

Broken mask riot

I survive