[Verse 1 screamed, growl] Trapped inside your private numbness (numbness) Falling through a spiral of collapse (collapse) Crushed thoughts with a battered vision (vision) It’s the hunger for ruin and chemicals that drags you to your selfish sentence (sentence) In your gaze there’s a cursed glare (glare) No escape, no remedy, flayed by imperfection (imperfection) Your directionless existence drifts nowhere (nowhere) [Pre-Chorus] This is my downfall, this is my vow (vow) I will never break apart (apart) Because you despise yourself (yourself) And you loathe this wasteland (wasteland) And you detest the truth (truth) That you despise every being (being) Because you despise yourself (yourself) And you loathe this wasteland (wasteland) And you detest the truth (truth) That you despise every being (being) Because you despise yourself (yourself) And you loathe this wasteland (wasteland) And you detest the truth (truth) That you despise every being (being) Because you despise yourself (yourself) And you loathe this wasteland (wasteland) And you detest the truth (truth) That you despise every being (being) [Chorus] Defeat-driven (Defeat-driven) You and I will never be identical (identical) [Bridge] I have taken this pledge of wrath (wrath) Make the vow, ignite the oath (oath) A promise to myself to never become my own surrender (surrender) [Pre-Chorus] This is my hatred, this is my vow (vow) I will never break apart (apart) Because you despise yourself (yourself) And you loathe this wasteland (wasteland) And you detest the truth (truth) That you despise every being (being) Because you despise yourself (yourself) And you loathe this wasteland (wasteland) And you detest the truth (truth) That you despise every being (being) Because you despise yourself (yourself) And you loathe this wasteland (wasteland) And you detest the truth (truth) That you despise every being (being) Because you despise yourself (yourself) And you loathe this wasteland (wasteland) And you detest the truth (truth) That you despise every being (being) [Chorus] Defeat-driven (Defeat-driven) You and I will never be identical (identical) [Instrumental break] [Singalong / Hymn Section] Stand your ground, reject the fall (fall) No more chains, no more crawl (crawl) Burn the weakness, kill the doubt (doubt) Scream it loud, let it out (out) Stand your ground, reject the fall (fall) No more chains, no more crawl (crawl) Burn the weakness, kill the doubt (doubt) Scream it loud, let it out (out) [Outro] I swear this pledge (pledge) I swear this pledge of wrath (wrath) I swear this pledge (pledge) To never fracture myself (myself)
