℗ Copyright 2026 by Midknightoil Music ☢ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 🧶 - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3RHtX1sMkxhBIXBxdqftsK 📻 - YouTube Music: https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCuW6er98D210fb6pIcp9jpA 🍎 - Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/midknightoil-music/1771715875 ✖ - X Artist: https://x.com/Midknightoil_M 📽 - TikTok Artist: https://www.tiktok.com/@midknightoil 📸 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/midknightoil_music/ 🎧 - Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/artists/B0DJCJXCL2/midknightoil-music 💜 - Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/us/artist/284428631 🌐 - Website: https://www.thrownexception.com Author Notes: Pain is the doorway that narrows until the self must be shed to pass through it; what we call strength is merely the recognition that we have survived our own becoming, and that the fire we feared was only the light by which we finally saw ourselves. [verse 1] I've been burned to the stake, I've been called everything but my name. But one thing I've never been called, is fake, I never met a problem I couldn't face. ---- I carry pain deep within my heart, What doesn't kill me just makes me stronger. It only makes me who I am, and that's the hard part, I'll see you on the other side. [hook] Pain is weakness leaving the body Pain is weakness leaving the body [prechorus] I never seen a real man cry, Until you take everything he loves away. [chorus] So take it from me, I learned long ago the only way to be free. Embrace the pain and walk through the fire, Defy the consuming flames desire. The fire that longs to burn, The fire that seeks to turn; You to ash upon the ground, Leaves you humbled, broken down. What comes out the other side, A brutal truth can't be denied. The fire makes you stronger, Don't fight it any longer. Don't fight it any longer. Don't fight it any longer. [verse 2] To the bottom of the bottom my pain I chased, Met some angels and demons on the way. But when I finally met the devil, I looked him dead in the face. ---- Yeah I've been lost and I've been found, Now I fight my way back to the top. You never learn to swim until you drown, You never know heaven 'til you’re in hell. [hook] Pain is weakness leaving the body Pain is weakness leaving the body [prechorus] I never seen a real man cry, Until you take everything he loves away. [chorus] So take it from me, I learned long ago the only way to be free. Embrace the pain and walk through the fire, Defy the consuming flames desire. The fire that longs to burn, The fire that seeks to turn; You to ash upon the ground, Leaves you humbled, broken down. What comes out the other side, A brutal truth can't be denied. The fire makes you stronger, Don't fight it any longer. Don't fight it any longer. Don't fight it any longer. [Outro] Pain is weakness leaving the body Pain is weakness leaving the body Pain is weakness leaving Pain is weakness Pain is Pain is weakness. [fade to end]
