[Verse 1]
I been sittin' with the silence
Whole life in a steel cage, private
Prayers to a face in the mirror like "guide this"
God in my scars, made a shrine out of crisis
Different
All of my veins say “keep your distance”
Eyes got a lock code, high fences
Heart like a vault, no entrance
I bled for the parts they abandoned
Darkness talk to me, call it my anthem
Beauty in the bruise, in the tantrum
In the nights where the light couldn’t stand in
[Chorus]
I’m a different breed
Holy in the hurt when I finally bleed
Made a home in the shadows that you can’t see
Yeah the darkness is beautiful, it chose me (it chose me)
I’m a different breed
Guarded like a temple that you can’t reach
High expectations still crush my sleep
But I’m protected in the void, that’s my peace
[Verse 2]
Every “you too much” turned to armor
Every side-eye stare made me sharper
They want me tame, little martyr
I’m the storm, not the lamb to the slaughter
Yeah I suffer, but I sip it like scripture
Every bad day now part of the mixture
Isolation in my bones, that’s the fixture
Talk to my demons, they pose for the picture
I don’t blend, I burn through the backdrop
Stone in my chest but it still got a backbeat
All of this pressure just polish the black rock
Diamond in the night, too rare for the glass seat
[Chorus]
I’m a different breed
Holy in the hurt when I finally bleed
Made a home in the shadows that you can’t see
Yeah the darkness is beautiful, it chose me (it chose me)
I’m a different breed
Guarded like a temple that you can’t reach
High expectations still crush my sleep
But I’m protected in the void, that’s my peace
[Bridge]
Let it eat me up, let it eat me whole (yeah)
I been baptized in the black of my soul
If they never get me, that’s fine by me
I was built from the pain that they can’t believe
[Chorus]
I’m a different breed
Holy in the hurt when I finally bleed
Made a home in the shadows that you can’t see
Yeah the darkness is beautiful, it chose me (it chose me)
I’m a different breed
Guarded like a temple that you can’t reach
High expectations still crush my sleep
But I’m protected in the void, that’s my peace (my peace)