Verse 1 I bit down hard and the world went white Iron taste, lightning in my spine Bones explode just to rearrange Pain writes my name in a different shape Skin can’t hold what I’ve become A scream tears loose and I come undone If this is sin, then watch me pray With shattered hands I pull the gate Pre-Chorus They looked down and called me small Now I blot out the sun when I stand this tall I hated the face that I see in them Now it’s screaming back from under my skin Chorus I BECOME THE FEAR I SWORE I’D END A towering curse with a human grin If freedom’s paid in flesh and screams Then let me drown the world in me Verse 2 My eyes don’t blink, my jaw won’t close Too many teeth in a mouth that knows I feel them run like ants below A god-shaped body, a hollow soul Every step shakes truth apart Every breath steams broken hearts They see a monster, I see a door Kicked open with a thousand corpses more Pre-Chorus I hear their prayers snap in half When my shadow makes the daylight crack If this is what it takes to win Then carve my future in the sin Chorus I BECOME THE FEAR I SWORE I’D END A living weapon wearing skin If freedom’s paid in flesh and screams Then let me drown the world in me Breakdown BITE BLEED WAKE THE GIANT IN ME Bones grind, lightning splits the sky I outgrow the boy I was meant to die STEP CRUSH THIS IS THE COST OF US You wanted a devil— I ANSWERED Bridge I saw it coming, frame by frame Past and future share the blame If I keep moving, no matter the dead Does that make me free—or just ahead? I’ll carry the hate, I’ll wear the stain So you don’t have to remember my name Final Chorus I BECOME THE FEAR I SWORE I’D END A smiling giant, condemned to defend If this path is soaked in broken dreams Then let me be
