**VERSE I** BORN INTO THE HANDS OF SALVATION RAISED BENEATH A CROWN OF FEAR EVERY BREATH A CALCULATION EVERY DOUBT A MARK OF SIN THEY SPOKE OF LIGHT BEYOND THE SHADOW PROMISED PEACE BEYOND THE PAIN BUT EVERY STEP OUTSIDE THEIR KINGDOM WAS ANOTHER NAIL THROUGH MY NAME **PRE-CHORUS** THEY CALL IT LOVE BUT I CAN FEEL THE TEETH BENEATH THE SMILE **CHORUS** IF YOUR LOVE DIES WHEN I WALK AWAY THEN IT WAS NEVER LOVE AT ALL JUST A NOOSE DISGUISED AS HALOS WAITING FOR MY FALL YOU TOLD ME JOY WAS YOUR POSSESSION PEACE BELONGED TO YOUR DESIGN BUT I FOUND LIFE BEYOND YOUR HEAVEN WHEN I LEFT YOUR FEAR BEHIND YOUR GOD MAY JUDGE ME BUT YOU JUDGED ME FIRST **VERSE II** I WAS TAUGHT THAT TRUTH WAS NARROW A SINGLE PATH THROUGH FIRE AND BLOOD EVERY SOUL THAT WALKED BESIDE ME WAS A THREAT TO WHAT YOU LOVE YOU SAID THE WORLD WOULD BREAK AND CURSE ME IF I CHOSE ANOTHER WAY BUT THE ONES YOU CALLED THE LOST ONES SHOWED ME MORE GRACE THAN YOU DISPLAYED **BREAKDOWN** CONDITIONAL DEVOTIONAL LOVE WITH A BLADE AGAINST MY THROAT CONDITIONAL TRADITIONAL CHAINING MY HEART TO A DYING GHOST YOU DON'T LOVE ME YOU LOVE THE VERSION OF ME THAT BOWS THAT BREAKS THAT BLEEDS THAT OBEYS **CHORUS** IF YOUR LOVE DIES WHEN I WALK AWAY THEN IT WAS NEVER LOVE AT ALL JUST A NOOSE DISGUISED AS HALOS WAITING FOR MY FALL YOU TOLD ME JOY WAS YOUR POSSESSION PEACE BELONGED TO YOUR DESIGN BUT I FOUND LIFE BEYOND YOUR HEAVEN WHEN I LEFT YOUR FEAR BEHIND **ORCHESTRAL BRIDGE** I STOOD BEFORE YOUR GOLDEN GATES AND HEARD THE CHOIR SING MY SHAME BUT IF ACCEPTANCE HAS A PRICE THEN LOVE IS JUST ANOTHER NAME FOR CONTROL FOR CONTROL FOR CONTROL **FINAL BREAKDOWN** I REFUSE TO BECOME A CORPSE ANIMATED BY YOUR EXPECTATIONS I REFUSE TO SACRIFICE MY SOUL AT THE ALTAR OF APPROVAL IF HEAVEN DEMANDS THAT I DENY MYSELF TO EARN THE RIGHT TO BE LOVED THEN LET THE SKIES COLLAPSE LET THE STARS GO DARK I WILL STAND ALONE AND CALL IT FREEDOM **OUTRO** THEY SAID I'D NEVER FIND PEACE OUTSIDE THEIR WALLS YET HERE I AM BREATHING AT LAST
