I thought that I had found my freedom I only found a new kind of cell I set ablaze the walls that held me Tore my wings out as I fell When I wandered from the herd No shepherds came to bring me home I drifted in the dark In a hell I made my own I broke apart my world I rusted, I cracked I tore out the pieces I can't get back I suffered through death I withered, decayed I buried myself in the grave that I made And after it all The rise and the fall The fire that burned and the unanswered call I tattered, I frayed I withered, decayed [music drops out, distant vox on voice] And I feel nothing I watched the life that I had built Fade into the black I reached out for the old me But that version can't come back A life that's lost its purpose With a heart that learned to let go The cold and empty nothing Finally swallowed me whole I broke apart my world I rusted, I cracked I tore out the pieces I can't get back I suffered through death I withered, decayed I buried myself in the grave that I made And after it all The rise and the fall The fire that burned and the unanswered call I tattered, I frayed I withered, decayed And I feel nothing I don't cry anymore The tears dried years ago I don't plead anymore There's no mercy I'll be shown I don't crawl anymore I'm standing on my own I don't feel anymore What has withered cannot grow I broke apart my world I rusted, I cracked I tore out the pieces I can't get back I suffered through death I withered, decayed I buried myself in the grave that I made And after it all The rise and the fall The fire that burned and the unanswered call I tattered, I frayed I withered, decayed [music drops out, distant vox on voice] And I feel nothing