[Verse I] December seventh... Nineteen ninety-nine... A date carved into my memory... Not as a blessing... As a curse. I should've walked into glory Should've tasted victory's wine Instead I shook the hand of ruin And chained my soul to yours for life A quarter century of torment Every shift another scar A slow parade of irritation Dragging me through hell's backyard You stood there grinning in the doorway Like some cosmic practical joke A monument to poor decisions A curse that never broke [Pre-Chorus] Every year another layer Every day another stain Twenty-six years of corrosion Etched into my brain [Chorus] I HATE YOU! Twenty-six years burning alive Twenty-six years just to survive Every ounce of patience died Buried deep inside I HATE YOU! You're the ghost that wouldn't leave The splinter underneath my skin Twenty-six years of war and grief And now this ends! [Verse 2] That voice crashes through the silence Like a rusted engine scream Every sentence a catastrophe Every word an ugly dream The room bends under your presence Common sense begins to rot I've heard drunks explain quantum physics With more reason than you've got You walk around like an infection Spreading chaos through the air A living argument for extinction And nobody seems aware [Pre-Chorus] I've swallowed oceans of resentment I've endured what none should bear Now retirement stands before me At last... The end is there [Chorus] I HATE YOU! Twenty-six years burning alive Twenty-six years just to survive Every ounce of patience died Buried deep inside I HATE YOU! You're the ghost that wouldn't leave The splinter underneath my skin Twenty-six years of war and grief And now this ends! [Bridge - Half-time, crushing riff] My body broke trying to escape My bones revolted from the strain The flesh surrendered long ago But still I carried all the pain You were the soundtrack to the madness The shadow hanging overhead A lesson carved in bitterness A thousand words left unsaid Now the clock runs out Now the gate swings wide Now the chapter dies [Guitar Solo] [Final Chorus] I HATE YOU! Twenty-six years dragged through the fire Twenty-six years feeding the pyre Every grievance rises higher Fueled by pure desire I HATE YOU! The sentence finally reaches end No forgiveness left to lend The day has come at last, my friend We'll never meet again! [Outro] December seventh... Nineteen ninety-nine... The curse began. Today... It dies.
