Kinetix verse I wore the wound until it learned my name, Fed every silence till it grew a face. I blamed the hands that pushed me toward the edge, Then caught my own reflection doing the same. I used to swear I'd never turn this cold, Never make another man pay what I owed. But pain gets clever when you let it stay, It starts as something done to you, Then becomes the way you make them pay. So tell me... When did surviving become revenge? When did the victim cross that line? I kept pointing at the scars they gave me While adding scars to someone else's life. Chorus We blame the world for what we've become, Point at the fire, deny what we've done. We swore we'd never be those men, Now look in the mirror, here we are again. No devil came. No darkness won. We built these monsters one by one. Look at us now... Look at the monsters we’ve become. Phoenix rising verse I noticed the switch, abused to abuser Disgusted with myself when I faced him in the mirror But I laughed loud in the face of my accuser Tell them that the past secured this future Back in high school, back in college, bet I was the nicest kid around But now I’m looking deep inside, all I see is the humiliation, on rebound All the times of public shaming, I was the weird kid that they crowned I tried searching, I kept looking, no spark of kindness to be found Yea!! Yea!! YEA!!! I can blame mah past, I can forgive mah self, shift the weight off mah own shoulders But I had mah people too, had mah friends I know it’s on me for not getting over Took the heart I got, with mah soul in knots, it’s mah own fault I let em sit an rot (sit and rot) Had I been a man, had I found mah courage, I woulda left it behind in the past But I… Became the thing I hated, became what I never wanted Became, everything, blame the process of being hunted Now I’m shameful, ingrateful, I’m hateful, I’m everything you’ve always wished for Cause and effect, don’t regret, won’t relent, I SEE THIS WORLD, AND I WILL NEVER BEEEEEND [pre chorus] So yea you tell me who’s at fault Yea You tell me who’s to blame Say to mah face I coulda changed TELL ME THIS MONSTER SHOULD BE CAGED Chorus We blame the world for what we've become, Point at the fire, deny what we've done. We swore we'd never be those men, Now look in the mirror, here we are again. WE BLAME THE WORLD FOR WHAT WE’VE BECOME, POINT AT THE FIRE, DENY WHAT WE’VE DONE. WE SWORE WE’D NEVER BE THOSE MEN, NOW LOOK IN THE MIRROR, HERE WE ARE AGAIN! [DROP IN INTENSITY – Low, deliberate, almost spoken] No devil came. No darkness won. We built these monsters one by one. [FINAL LINE – Strong, sustained emotional finish] Look at us now... Look at the monsters we’ve become.
