[Verse 1]
[Normal]
I keep my hands flat on the table
Count my breaths
Look straight ahead
Nothing here is truly stable
I host a war inside my head
[Deep]
Come on
Kid
You crave the fire
You want the power
Feel it rise
Let me cut through all your quiet
Let me sharpen all your lies
[Shaky]
Please don't
Please don't say that
If they see
What you can be…
[Chorus]
[Normal]
I want peace in this beating cage
White flag waving on a burning stage
Tear these chains from the past I drag
Turn this heart from a blackened flag
[Deep]
But the world loves teeth and pain
They only listen when you reign
Let me out
I’ll end this ache
One small push
And all will break
[Shaky]
If he’s free
We’re gone for good
I’ll drown us here
Right where we stood
[Verse 2]
[Normal]
I walk the line
Pretend it’s simple
Hold my smile like armor thin
Every shadow cuts my window
Every mirror shows his grin
[Deep]
You think you’re noble
Think you’re kinder
You’re just scared to take the throne
Every saint hides something violent
Let me make it flesh and bone
[Shaky]
I heard
What you did last time
I still taste
All that red in my mind
[Bridge]
[Normal]
What if I can change the ending
Break the script you wrote for me
Lay your hunger on the altar
Let our monsters finally leave
[Deep]
You can’t kill me
I’m your making
I am every breath you waste
I’m the answer when you’re shaking
I am purpose
I am taste
[Shaky]
I don’t trust you
I don’t trust me
But I still want
To let us breathe
[Chorus]
[Normal]
I want peace in this beating cage
White flag waving on a burning stage
If I choose you
I lose myself
If I choose him
I lose all else
[Deep]
So choose me
Let mercy fade
Crown of ash for all you’ve paid
Open doors you barred with light
Wear my name and own the night
[Shaky]
Hold my hand
Don’t let it start
Lock him out
But hold him
In your heart