[VERSE 1] i sit in-side the si-lence... that the crowds have left be-hind~ tra-cing ev-ery con-tour... of the chaos in my mind... they call it los-ing... when you stop the end-less race~ but i found a sud-den clar-i-ty... in this quiet... emp-ty... place... you see the Tri-umph and Di-sas-ter... stand-ing at the door... two im-pos-tors in cheap suits... i don’t let them in an-y-more~ let them bang a-gainst the glass... let the sig-nals fade... i’m build-ing some-thing sol-id... from the mess... that... we... have... made... [PRE-CHORUS] no grand il-lu-sions... ((no emp-ty dream)) no shin-ing ar-mor... ((just the seam)) where the spir-it meets the bone... and we walk this road... a-lone... [CHORUS] MY DE-FEAT... MY DE-FEAT... it’s a cho-sen... se-cret name~ burn-ing in the shad-ows... like a quiet... in-ner flame... let the world go chas-ing glo-ry... let the em-pires drown~ we are the cap-tains... of a ship... that... won’t... go... down~ [VERSE 2] out of the night... that cov-ers me~ ((black as the pit from pole to pole)) i thank what-ev-er gods may be~ ((for this un-con-quer-a-ble soul)) we force the nerve and sin-ew... long af-ter they are gone~ hold-ing on by noth-ing... but the will... to... car-ry... on... [CHORUS] MY DE-FEAT... MY DE-FEAT... it’s a cho-sen... se-cret name~ burn-ing in the shad-ows... like a quiet... in-ner flame... let the world go chas-ing glo-ry... let the em-pires drown~ we are the cap-tains... of a ship... that... won’t... go... down~ [BRIDGE] be gen-tle with your-self... the u-ni-verse un-folds~ sto-ries that the si-lence... and the star-light holds... what-ev-er labor... what-ev-er bro-ken dream~ it is still a beau-ti-ful world... or... so... it... seems~ [CHORUS] MY DE-FEAT... MY DE-FEAT... it’s a cho-sen... se-cret name~ burn-ing in the shad-ows... like a quiet... in-ner flame... let the world go chas-ing glo-ry... let the em-pires drown~ we are the cap-tains... of a ship... that... won’t... go... down~ [OUTRO] ((still a-chiev-ing)) ((still pur-su-ing)) leav-ing foot-prints... on the sands... of... time... [FADE TO STATIC]
