(Heavy, down-tuned, syncopated guitar riff kicks in with a pounding drum beat and a thick, distorted bass line) (Verse 1) Yeah! Living in a cage that they built for me Breathing in the dust of who they said I should be A carbon copy, faded and worn Swallowed all the poison since the day I was born Every opinion, a brand new chain Whispering their fiction, driving me insane Played the good soldier, walked their perfect line But the face in the mirror was never really mine (Pre-Chorus) The static's getting louder, a crack in the veneer The echo of a stranger is all that I can hear Something's gonna break, something's gotta give I'm done just existing, it's my time to live! (Chorus) THIS IS MY REVOLUTION, THIS IS MY SOUND! ACCEPT YOUR TRUTH AND NEVER BACK DOWN! Shedding the skin that they forced me to wear With a fist in the sky and a soul that won't care! THIS IS MY RECKONING, THIS IS MY CROWN! ACCEPT YOUR TRUTH AND NEVER BACK DOWN! Let 'em stare, let 'em hate, let 'em all fall away This is my truth and it's here to stay! (Verse 2) Used to bite my tongue 'til it bled right through Believed every lie 'cause I thought it was true Let 'em paint my canvas with their gray and their black Carried all their baggage on my own damn back But a fire started burning from a deep, cold place A flicker of defiance you can't erase The puppet cut the strings, threw the master to the floor You don't recognize me? I'm not him anymore! (Pre-Chorus) The static's now a scream, shattering the glass Their fabricated future is buried in the past Something had to break, something had to give I'm done just existing, it's my time to LIVE! (Chorus) THIS IS MY REVOLUTION, THIS IS MY SOUND! ACCEPT YOUR TRUTH AND NEVER BACK DOWN! Shedding the skin that they forced me to wear With a fist in the sky and a soul that won't care! THIS IS MY RECKONING, THIS IS MY CROWN! ACCEPT YOUR TRUTH AND NEVER BACK DOWN! Let 'em stare, let 'em hate, let 'em all fall away This is my truth and it's here to stay! (Verse 3) They see the monster now, the one they couldn't tame Screaming out in anger 'cause I won't play the game Their comfortable illusion is shattered on the floor 'Cause the person that they sculpted doesn't live here anymore They point their crooked fingers, try to fill me with the doubt But their noise is just a whisper to the freedom screaming out! (Bridge) (Music drops to a heavy, chugging groove. Vocals are a low, guttural whisper) Let... them... choke... on the person I've become. This... pain... this scar... is where I am from. No more hiding. (Music builds, vocals get louder and more strained) NO MORE RUNNING! This is the real me you see! RAW AND UNAPOLOGETICALLY FREE! GO! (Heavy instrumental breakdown with a chaotic, screeching guitar solo) (Chorus) THIS IS MY REVOLUTION, THIS IS MY SOUND! ACCEPT YOUR TRUTH AND NEVER BACK DOWN! Shedding the skin that they forced me to wear With a fist in the sky and a soul that won't care! THIS IS MY RECKONING, THIS IS MY CROWN! ACCEPT YOUR TRUTH AND NEVER BACK DOWN! Let 'em stare, let 'em hate, let 'em all fall away This is my truth and it's here to STAY! (Outro) (Main riff repeats, getting heavier and more frantic) NEVER BACK DOWN! (Yeah!) NEVER BACK DOWN! (C'mon!) ACCEPT YOUR TRUTH! (Scream) AND NEVER BACK DOWN! (Music cuts abruptly with one final, deafening power chord and cymbal crash)
