They hit you. And every instinct says to hit back harder. To make them bleed like you’re bleeding. But if I bite the snake... I just swallow the venom. Look at the injustice, look at the betrayal! Look at all the ways that the system tries to fail! Somebody did me dirty, somebody crossed the line And now the only thing I'm thinking is about the payback time! The ego wants to vindicate, the ego wants to swing The ego wants to grab them by the neck and pull the string! But wait—if I let the hatred take the driver's seat I’m walking right into the trap of my own defeat! You want me to be bitter? You want me to be cold? You want me to inherit all the misery you sold? If I hate you for the evil that you’re putting on my name Then I become the very monster that I'm trying to tame! I feel the heat! I feel the flames! I see you playing all your miserable games! You strike the match, you throw the dirt You want me defined by the size of the hurt! But I won't catch fire! No! I am standing in the furnace! I am walking through the fire! I am looking at the cruelty and the venom of the liar! You can burn me to the ground, you can put me to the test But I will never let your bitterness take root inside my chest! I endure! I endure! I will take the heavy blow but I am locking up the door! I refuse to be infected by the sickness of your soul! I forgive the broken vessel so I keep myself in whole! Spitting the venom, you giving me heavy resentment, I'm feeling the pull of the gravity! Trying to drag me right into the pit of the panic and mess with my total sanity! I gotta be better, I gotta be looking right over the edge of the tragedy! Not gonna give you the energy, not gonna give you the power to handle me! Look at the way that the cycle continues, the victim becomes the abuser in time! Taking the damage and passing it on to the innocent, treating the pain like a crime! I draw the line! I'm breaking the lineage, stopping the bleeding, I'm cutting the thread! I'd rather be holding the weight of the world than be letting you live rent-free in my head! They want you to snap, they want you to break! They want you to drown in the misery lake! But I am the wall, I am the dam! I’m keeping the peace of the man that I am! Forgiveness isn't saying that you’re right. Forgiveness is refusing to carry your disease. You want to burn? Burn alone. I am fireproof. I am standing in the furnace! I am walking through the fire! I am looking at the cruelty and the venom of the liar! You can burn me to the ground, you can put me to the test But I will never let your bitterness take root inside my chest! I endure! I endure! I will take the heavy blow but I am locking up the door! I refuse to be infected by the sickness of your soul! I forgive the broken vessel so I keep myself in whole! I won't drink the poison. I won't catch fire. You can keep the hate. I’m walking away. Yeah. I'm fireproof.
