Never enough

(whispered vocal)

I gave respect… I gave my word…

But the ghosts keep score…

I wake up with the weight of yesterday’s mistakes

Every promise that I tried but somehow couldn’t save

I carried honor in the way I said your name

But somehow every good thing still gets washed away

I worked my hands until the skin turned into stone

Built my life just trying not to be alone

But every time I stumble, every time I fall

You carve it into memory like I’m nothing at all

I tried to be the man they said I should become

But the past is a knife that never goes numb

SCREAM:

I’M NEVER ENOUGH — NO MATTER WHAT I DO

EVERY STEP FORWARD THEY DRAG ME BACK THROUGH

THE MISTAKES, THE SCARS, THE WORDS I CAN’T OUTRUN

I BUILT MY LIFE RIGHT BUT I’M STILL THE WRONG ONE

Clean harmony:

I gave respect… I gave my soul…

But the past won’t let me go

I tried to live by something more than just survival

Respect and honor were my only real revival

But people keep the worst parts framed inside their mind

Like I’m the man I was and not the one I tried to find

Every late night I replay the same damn scenes

Every apology still echoes in between

The man I was and the man I fight to be

But forgiveness is a language you won’t speak to me

(low spoken)

I owned my sins…

(growl)

BUT YOU WON’T LET THEM DIE

SCREAM:

DIG UP MY PAST — THROW IT IN MY FACE

LIKE I NEVER FOUGHT TO CHANGE MY PLACE

YOU KEEP ME LOCKED IN A VERSION OF ME

THAT I BURIED SIX FEET DEEP

SCREAM:

I’M NEVER ENOUGH — I’M NEVER RELEASED

FROM THE CHAINS OF THE MAN I USED TO BE

I’M BLEEDING TRUTH BUT YOU ONLY SEE

THE SHADOW THAT I USED TO BE

Clean vocal:

I gave respect…

I carried the blame…

But the past still whispers my name

Maybe someday the weight will fade…

Maybe someday mistakes decay…

But tonight I’m still fighting the echo

Of never being enough.