[Verse 1] I swallowed the smoke of a thousand burnt bridges Just to see how the embers would taste I’ve been stitching my shadow back onto my heels With wire and a whole lot of waste The mirror is a liar with a fractured eye It doesn’t recognize the man inside the suit I’m a garden of weeds in a field of stone Growing bitter, but I’m bearing fruit. [Pre-Chorus] The rhythm is heavy, the spirit is bent I’m spending the light till the light is all spent I’m not looking for a way back home I’m building a throne out of jagged bone. [Chorus] They say the fire’s gonna refine the gold But I’m a different kind of metal, or so I’m told What doesn't kill you, makes you stranger A little further off the track, a little more in danger Yeah, the scars didn't heal, they just turned into eyes Now I’m seeing the world through a beautiful guise What doesn't kill you... makes you stranger. [Verse 2] I used to pray for the rain to wash me clean Now I’m dancing in the mud and the grease There’s a comfort in the chaos that you can't understand Until you’ve traded away all your peace I’ve got a suitcase full of "never-agains" And a heart that beats like a hammer on steel If I’m losing my mind, well, at least I’m alive And I finally know how to feel. [Bridge] Normal is a fever that I finally broke. The status quo is a punchline... and I’m the joke. I’m the Joke! [Chorus] They say the fire’s gonna refine the gold But I’m a different kind of metal, or so I’m told What doesn't kill you, makes you stranger A little further off the track, a little more in danger Yeah, the scars didn't heal, they just turned into eyes Now I’m seeing the world through a beautiful guise What doesn't kill you... makes you stranger. [Outro] Stranger than the fiction. Harder than the truth. I’m the living proof... What doesn't kill you... Stay strange.
