(Background: Harmony chant—Ooooh-oooh-oooh)
Lord, heal the fire that is burning in my chest... (Burnin' up, burnin' up)
Fighting with the demons, I can never get no rest. (No rest, no rest)
Heavy is the bottle, and the temper's on a thread... (Short fuse)
Trying to find some peace before I end up dead. (Lord help me now)
Struggling with the anger, drowning in the vice, (Pour it up, pour it up)
Roll the dice with my life, paid a heavy price. (Too heavy)
Locked inside a prison that is made of my own mind, (In my mind)
Looking for a blessing that is hard to find. (Where's it at?)
Fists clutched tight while the liquid pours down, (Gotta drink it down)
Just a lonely soldier in a broken town. (Cleveland, yeah)
Wake up in the morning and the smoke is in the air, (In the air, yeah)
Staring in the mirror at a face full of despair. (Who am I?)
Got a rage inside my blood and it’s ready to explode, (Boom!)
Heavy-hearted traveler on a dangerous road. (Watch your step)
Took another sip just to quiet down the noise, (Shhh... quiet down)
Losing all my sanity, losing all my joy. (All my joy)
Every time I flash out, I damage what I love, (Break it down)
Begging for some mercy from the heavens up above. (Look up, look up)
But the urge keeps calling, creeping up my spine, (There it go)
Running out of patience and I’m running out of time. (Tick tock, tick tock)
Struggling with the anger, drowning in the vice, (Pour it up, pour it up)
Roll the dice with my life, paid a heavy price. (Too heavy)
Locked inside a prison that is made of my own mind, (In my mind)
Looking for a blessing that is hard to find. (Where's it at?)
Fists clutched tight while the liquid pours down, (Gotta drink it down)
Just a lonely soldier in a broken town. (Cleveland, yeah)
Gotta slow it down before I break another wall, (Hold back)
Standing on the edge, trying hard not to fall. (Don't slip, don't slip)
Every day's a battle with the man in the glass, (Look at him)
Praying that the storm and the cravings will pass. (Let it pass)
Keep the family hurting when the temper takes the wheel,
Numbing all the pain cause it’s too hard to feel. (So numb, so numb)
Put down the poison, gotta pick up my pride, (Drop it)
Can't let the darkness keep eating me inside. (Deep inside)
(Vocal speed doubles here)
Wicked is the monster when it hooks into the vein! (In the vein, in the vein!)
Shatter all the mirrors just to block out the pain! (Smash it!)
Got a short fuse blowing, gotta let the fire tame, (Blowin' up!)
Sick of making excuses, sick of playing the game! (No more games!)
Can I shake this habit? Can I conquer the beast? (Can I do it?)
Looking for a sunset, looking for some peace! (Peace, peace)
Break away the chains that are holding me down, (Break 'em off!)
Gotta lift my head up, gotta save my crown! (Save it!)
Struggling with the anger, drowning in the vice, (Pour it up, pour it up)
Roll the dice with my life, paid a heavy price. (Too heavy)
Locked inside a prison that is made of my own mind, (my mind)