(Spoken Intro) "They gave me a label. They called it a choice. I call it a war.... Listen." (Verse 1) Yea, so They call my true pain something facetious... But I got these demons on me like leeches... They say it's just weakness, they say it's my choice... They don't hear the silence that speaks through my voice... They don't know the weight of being an addict... My whole mind's just filling up with static... They say it's my fault and not a real sickness... But I'm locked in this hell and acting as a witness... (Verse 2) They think I can stand here and just flip a switch... They don't understand the chemical twitch... It’s a broken machine running only on fumes... Rewiring the pleasure right out of these rooms... They count out the choices, but not the disease... The lack of control that brings me to my knees... They say it's my failure to just stand up straight... The fight for my balance is pushing my fate... (Pre-Chorus) This ain't no simple case you can just dismiss... 'Cause I live inside my chaos and it don't miss... (Chorus) This ain't a false story, this is the war... I'm kicking the wreckage and crawling for more... You call it my failure, but it's hijacking my brain... This is the true sickness, and I'm screaming in pain... (Verse 3) I saw all the fair-weather people just split... The minute the trouble got too hard to sit... They talk about grace like they know what I need... But they just want to label and plant their own seed... They never reach out, they just look through the glass... They only see failure and let the moment pass... They twist the good words to condemn and let fall... But their judgment just pushes me back toward the wall... (Verse 4) I hit the floor, that's where I had to stay... When I knew that my debt was the only thing to pay... My own desperation was all I could feed... A promise of peace that would never succeed... I stood at the corner with nothing to trade... And prayed for a lifeline that was already frayed... They say I should just find the will to be free... But the will in that moment was nowhere in me... (Pre-Chorus) This ain't no simple case you can just dismiss... 'Cause I live inside my chaos and it don't miss... (Chorus) This ain't a false story, this is the war... I'm kicking the wreckage and crawling for more... You call it my failure, but it's hijacking my brain... This is the true sickness, and I'm screaming in pain... (Verse 5) The sickness is fighting a man who is strong... I'm finally walking where I always have belonged... I'm finding the power they said I would lack... I built my own future and won't turn my back... They say I'm still fragile, I'm never quite done... But this path is my victory, already won... I buried the fear, and I'm looking ahead... I'm carving a life out of everything dead... (Verse 6) You cling to your verdict, so you must be blind... This struggle is something they won't ever find... They stand on the outside and only just gaze... But they cannot walk through this narrowing maze... They say I should suffer and pay the cost... But that kind of opinion is finally lost... I hold to the truth now, and that's where I stand... This is a battle I fight for the man... (Pre-Chorus) This ain't no simple case you can just dismiss... 'Cause I live inside my chaos and it don't miss... (Chorus) This ain't a false story, this is the war... I'm kicking the wreckage and crawling for more... You call it my failure, but it's hijacking my brain... This is the true sickness, and I'm screaming in pain... (Spoken Outro) "I'm not looking back. I'm fighting for the man God made me to be..."
