[Intro] [distorted guitar riff, industrial synth textures] [drums enter with heavy double-kick] [Verse 1] [rapping vocals, clean electric guitar with delay] I'm a victim of the system I'm a product of the picture I'm a victim of the system I'm a product of the picture [bass enters] Put me down, put me down, put me down, put me down I'm battling with the shadows that are blazing in my lungs Every night I fight the demons with my back against the drums I've been drowning in the chemicals that drip upon my tongue My society just watches like they want to see me undone They don't ask why I'm breaking, they just laugh when I break They don't see the mess I'm making trying to drag myself back They don't hear the voice that's screaming when the world turns black They just shove me in the corner like a trophy on a rack I'm the ghost they created, I'm the rage they ignore I'm the kid they left bleeding on the wrong side of the door Now I'm coming up swinging with a heart turned sore Every scar on my skin is a weapon of war [Chorus] [shouted melodic vocals, high-gain distorted guitars] There's poison in my bloodstream, pain in my teeth My society cut me up like I'm some disease But I crawl through the fire, through the smoke, through the grief Now I'm standing in the ruins with the ashes in my teeth You don't know how I fight You don't know how I fight My life is a mess that I've got to set right You can cast me aside, cast me out from the light I'm the storm you created, now I'm taking back my life [Verse 2] [rapping vocals, electronic percussion] I'm running from the memories that I summoned to survive Every hit on the pavement, every comedown cut my life I was searching for a silence that the world never provided While they pointed at my wounds like I deserved to be divided But I'm not done, no, I'm too far gone I've been living through the nights where the fears stay strong And I never felt the panic when the darkness drained my soul I'm the wreck of all the pieces that I'll never be whole I'm the ghost in the machine, I'm the one that you missed But I turned all the pain into iron in my fist I'm the nightmare you birthed when you pushed me to the edge Now I'm standing on the border, now I'm jumping off the ledge [Chorus] [full band, aggressive energy] There's poison in my bloodstream, pain in my teeth My society cut me up like I'm some disease But I crawl through the fire, through the smoke, through the grief Now I'm standing in the ruins with the ashes in my teeth You don't know how I fight You don't know how I fight My life is a mess that I've got to set right You can cast me aside, cast me out from the light I'm the storm you created, now I'm taking back my life [Bridge] [half-time feel, heavy palm-muted guitars] You don't get to judge the scars that I carry You don't get to name the burdens I bury You don't get to write my ending [vocals build to a scream] I'm the voice of the broken that you never could bend I'm the ghost of the history that you tried to amend I'm the rage in the veins of the ones you mislaid I'm the fire in the eyes of the ones you betrayed [Outro] [fast double-kick drums, chaotic synth leads] I'm the silence, I'm the noise, I'm the pain, I'm the voice I'm the one you abandoned, now I'm making my choice I'm the storm you ignored, now I'm breaking the chains And I rise from the ashes with the blood in my veins [feedback swell, abrupt stop]
