[Verse 1]
Got a church in my skull
Every pew on fire
All the saints wear my face
Singin' shame in a choir
I been preachin' to ghosts
Call it self-defense
Loadin' doubt into prayers
Pull the pin in my chest (hey)
[Chorus]
I fought that war in my mind
Came back broken, out of time
Walked through a furnace, thought I'd rise
Crawled out smaller, burned inside
These scars ain't badges, they're brands
Carved by my own heavy hands
I ain't stronger, I'm just tired
Ashes in my head from that fire
[Verse 2]
Every thought's got a knife
Every night, same town
Where the bar lights flicker
And the walls talk me down
Yeah, I begged that blaze
"Make me steel, make me stone"
But the heat took my heart
Left the hurt in the bone (ooh)
[Chorus]
I fought that war in my mind
Came back broken, out of time
Walked through a furnace, thought I'd rise
Crawled out smaller, burned inside
These scars ain't badges, they're brands
Carved by my own heavy hands
I ain't stronger, I'm just tired
Ashes in my head from that fire
[Breakdown]
[Beat drops to sub and sparse guitar]
Thought the flame was my friend
Thought the pain had an end
But the smoke moved in
Now it lives in my chest (lives in my chest)
[Chorus]
I fought that war in my mind
Came back broken, out of time
Walked through a furnace, thought I'd rise
Crawled out smaller, burned inside
These scars ain't badges, they're brands
Carved by my own heavy hands
If there's a lesson in this wire
It's some wars just leave you quieter
Ashes in my head from that fire (that fire)