[Verse 1]
Ash on my breath, blood on my hands
Born into chaos, not knowing where I stand
A crown made of thorns, a tongue full of lies
I walk the edge where the righteous die
Heaven hums like a distant hymn
While Hell drums loud beneath the skin
Chains made of shadow coil my spine
But a spark inside still dares to shine
[Pre-Chorus]
Every prayer is a battlefield scream
Every sin, a crack in the dream
I’m the silence before the fall—
The soul that won’t choose at all
[Chorus]
There’s a war beneath the skin
Where angels cry and devils grin
A tug-of-war for what I am
Between the Lamb and the damned
Light and dark both know my name
Carved in fire, etched in flame
And I bleed through every toll—
This is the battle for my soul
[Verse 2]
Sermons echo through a skull of stone
While demons dance when I’m alone
They wear my face, they steal my voice
And still, the light offers me a choice
A sword of truth, a serpent’s kiss
A holy wound I can’t dismiss
One side calls with sacred fire
The other feeds my dark desire
[Pre-Chorus]
I’ve seen saints fall and sinners rise
Heaven weep with hollow eyes
No path is paved without regret—
Just scars the soul won’t soon forget
[Chorus]
There’s a war beneath the skin
Where angels drown and devils swim
My heart’s a drum, my breath a blade
I walk the line that won’t be swayed
Torn between what’s wrong and right
I dream in black, I burn in white
And I scream through every toll—
This is the battle for my soul
[Bridge – Screamed or Spoken Intense]
Not a crown, not a cross, not a chain to bind—
Just a mirror cracked in a fractured mind
Every truth I taste turns bittersweet
Every victory walks on wounded feet
[Breakdown Chorus – Heavier, Guttural]
There’s a war—
Beneath the skin
Where mercy ends
And wrath begins
A reckoning dressed in flesh and bone—
I am not lost, but I walk alone
[Final Chorus – Soaring, Epic]
There’s a war beneath the skin
Where Heaven begs and Hell won’t win
I bear the scars of every side
But still, I rise—still, I defy
I won’t be owned by flame or throne
This soul is forged and fought alone
Let them come and pay their toll—
I am the keeper of my soul
beneath the skin
Where Heaven begs and Hell won’t win
I bear the scars of every side
But still, I rise—still, I defy
I won’t be owned by flame or throne
This soul is forged and fought alone
Let them come and pay their toll—
I am the keeper of my soul