[Intro – Spoken over clean, eerie guitar] Every morning I wake up... And I still see him. The one I can't escape. [Verse 1 – Low growls] Staring at the stranger in the glass again Same dead eyes, same worthless skin Every promise that I broke like brittle bone Every dream I murdered, now I'm dying all alone I built these walls of failure, brick by fucking lie Can't outrun the voices screaming "you should die" Hands like anchors pulling me into the black The man I hate the most is always staring back [Pre-Chorus – Building tension] I carved my name in scars I wear them like a crown But nothing ever changes I'm always letting me down [Chorus – Explosive, screamed with heavy distortion] I HATE MYSELF! This rotting thing inside! I HATE MYSELF! For every time I tried! I HATE MYSELF! Can't wash away the shame! I HATE MYSELF! And I'll never break these chains! [Verse 2 – Faster, more aggressive] I smile in pictures while the rot eats me alive Fake it for the world but the mirror doesn't lie Every good intention drowned in poison doubt I'm a hollow fucking temple burning from the mouth down Apologies I whisper to the person in my head But the me that hears them wishes he was fucking dead Tired of fighting battles that I always lose Tired of being the one I can't forgive or choose [Chorus – Even heavier] I HATE MYSELF! This rotting thing inside! I HATE MYSELF! For every time I tried! I HATE MYSELF! Can't wash away the shame! I HATE MYSELF! And I'll never break these chains! [Bridge – Slow, crushing doom section, half-spoken/screamed] If I could rip me out... Tear this heart in two... Would the pain finally stop? Or would I still hate you? (You... meaning me...) [Breakdown – Chugging low riff, gang vocals] WORTHLESS! BROKEN! EMPTY! FAKE! I HATE! I HATE! I FUCKING HATE! [Final Chorus – Desperate, layered screams fading into clean vocal] I HATE MYSELF! But I still wake up every day... I HATE MYSELF! And force myself to stay... I HATE MYSELF! Maybe one day I'll forgive... I HATE MYSELF... But I'm still here... still trying to live... [Outro – Fading heavy riff into silence] Still here... Still hating... Still breathing... In this war with me.
