DEADMAN WALKING [Intro] Yeah... I don't think you understand. I'm not afraid of the dark anymore. I learned how to walk through it. [Hook] I'm a deadman walking, still breathing somehow, Got a grave in my past but I'm standing here now, I got ghosts in the room, hear 'em talk when it's quiet, Got a war in my head but I'm done trying to hide it. Deadman walking, don't know where I'm going, Heart got colder but the blood keeps flowing, If I fall, I'ma crawl, if I break, I'ma mold it, I was born in the storm, now I'm built for the moment. [Verse 1] I got memories buried that still know my name, Got a history written in permanent pain, Got people I loved that I wish I could save, And some nights I still hear every word that they gave. I learned how to smile when my insides were burning, Learned how to laugh while my whole world was turning, Learned how to lose without letting it hurt me, Then learned that pretending I'm numb doesn't cure me. So I walk with the weight like it's part of my shadow, Pain in my chest and my foot on the pedal, Life tried to bury me deep in the gravel, I dug through the dirt and came back with a battle cry. I ain't looking for sympathy, give me the beat, Give me the pressure, put fire beneath, I'll turn every failure to fuel when I speak, And put every demon I carry to sleep. [Pre-Hook] I hear the voices when the night gets cold, See the faces of the ones I couldn't hold, But I'm still here... Yeah, I'm still here. [Hook] I'm a deadman walking, still breathing somehow, Got a grave in my past but I'm standing here now, I got ghosts in the room, hear 'em talk when it's quiet, Got a war in my head but I'm done trying to hide it. Deadman walking, don't know where I'm going, Heart got colder but the blood keeps flowing, If I fall, I'ma crawl, if I break, I'ma mold it, I was born in the storm, now I'm built for the moment. [Verse 2] I don't sleep much, I just stare at the ceiling, Thinking 'bout every decision I'm making, Every connection I thought was forever, Every goodbye that I wasn't prepared for taking. I got love in my heart but the anger is louder, Got dreams in my hands but the doubt getting prouder, I keep climbing the mountain while fighting the coward Inside of myself that keeps screaming I'm powerless. But fuck that. I'm not what happened to me. I'm what I built from the wreckage. Every scar is a sentence, Every loss is a lesson, Every tear was a weapon, Every setback's progression. I don't need to erase where I came from, I just need to make sure that I don't stay there, Because the kid that was lost in the darkness Is the reason the man standing here doesn't break. [Beat Switch] 808 drops harder. Dead eyes, red skies, Head high, still alive, Bedside, midnight, Thoughts running laps in my mind. I been down, I been counted out, I been lost, I been doubted, But the second they thought I was finished... I found another fucking mountain. [Final Hook] I'm a deadman walking, still breathing somehow, Got a grave in my past but I'm standing here now, I got ghosts in the room, hear 'em talk when it's quiet, Got a war in my head but I'm done trying to hide it. Deadman walking, but I'm nowhere near finished, I survived every chapter that tried to diminish me, If the darkness comes back, I'ma stare in its eyes, 'Cause I already died once... Now I'm living this life. [Outro] Beat fades. Deadman walking. Still walking. Still breathing. Still here. Platinum!
