[Intro] I am dead… Dead inside Take my breath Just let me die Kill me softly Don’t try to stop me Don’t let it hurt I seek the warmth Of Mother Earth [Verse 1] Taste the ashes in my mouth The mind learns its limit The time runs out… no doubt I watched the proud ones tremble At the thought of their own end No prayer to save them now Just try to make amends [Pre-Chorus] Count the breath Count it down Every pulse Is borrowed now You can fight the clock You can bare your teeth But the grave does not negotiate with grief [Chorus] The last breath I’m breathing Hear it cut through the room The death toll is ringing Every man will meet his doom So tell me what you carry When the ash is all you keep I hear the angels singing And pray the Lord I rest in peace [Verse 2] I saw a hand take hold When mine went cold and shook Not soft, not kind in the simple sense But holy in the look He did not paint my ruin He named it and stepped in A death that thinks it's final Met a death that drowned in sin [Pre-Chorus] Count the breath Count it down Every pulse Is borrowed now You can fight the clock You can bare your teeth But the grave does not negotiate with grief [Chorus] The last breath I’m breathing Hear it cut through the room The death toll is ringing Every man will meet his doom So tell me what you carry When the ash is all you keep Hear the angels singing And pray the Lord I rest in peace [Bridge] No, I will not flatter the wound Or call the ending clean This flesh is a closing argument Written into every vein But there is a Name that stands Where breath gives up its claim And the one who faced my sentence Shall be forever praised [Breakdown] Let me fall Let me break What was real What was fake Who’s to say Just write my name In eternity [Final Chorus] The last breath I’m breathing Hear it cut through the room The death toll is ringing Every man will meet his doom So tell me what you carry When the ash is all you take Hear the angels singing Pray the Lord my soul to keep [Outro] I am not afraid of endings I am afraid of lies The hour is coming But the truth will never die
