Taking Back My Life (Cover) 12Gauge858

[Intro – Spoken] (Wind... distant thunder... low gothic choir humming "Ahhhhh..." in the background) Yeah... I carried ghosts for too long... (echo: "too long... long... long...") Fed demons that should've starved... (echo: "starved... starved...") Kept reopening wounds that never got the chance to heal... (haunted choir rises) But tonight... Tonight the darkness gives me back my name. (echo: "my name... name... name...") I'm taking back my life. [Verse 1] I spent years staring at the ceiling Fighting shadows nobody could see Every scar kept whispering my failures Every mirror kept lying to me (whisper choir: "lying... lying...") I wore chains made from old decisions Built a prison with my own two hands Tried to run but the past kept chasing Like quicksand underneath where I stand I was drowning in my own reflection Holding onto things already gone Every chapter I refused to close Made it harder just to carry on But something woke inside the darkness A fire underneath the pain Something stronger than my nightmares Calling out my name again (echo: "again... again...") [Pre-Chorus] No more living in yesterday (echo: "yesterday...") No more letting fear decide my fate (echo: "my fate...") No more bowing to the weight That tried to bury me alive (gothic choir rises) Alive... Alive... ALIVE... [Chorus] I'm taking back my life (haunted choir: "take it back... take it back...") Taking back my soul (echo: "my soul...") Taking every piece of me That pain and fear once stole I'm breaking every chain (echo: "every chain... chain...") I'm burning every lie (whisper choir: "burn it down...") The old me died a thousand deaths But this time I survive (huge choir swell) I'm taking back my life (echo: "my life... life...") No more running from the fight The Beast is standing stronger now (male choir: "stronger now...") I'm taking back my life [Verse 2] I forgave the ones who never asked me Forgave myself for things I can't undo Some battles weren't meant to be conquered Some roads weren't meant to carry through I stopped waiting for apologies Stopped needing answers from the past Started building something stronger Something built to finally last Every setback became a lesson Every heartbreak became a guide Every tear became a river Leading me back to my own side Now the storm don't scare me anymore I've survived worse before (echo: "before... before...") [Bridge – Massive Build] (Drums drop out. Choir only.) You can hear it in my voice now (echo: "voice now...") You can see it in my eyes (echo: "my eyes...") The man who walked through hell and back Finally realized The mountain wasn't there to stop me The fire wasn't there to kill It was there to make me stronger (choir rises higher) To remind me who I am still (echo: "still... still...") [Breakdown] (Choir only... heartbeat drum... distant thunder) I am not my mistakes... (echo: "mistakes...") I am not my fear... (echo: "fear...") I am not my failures... (echo: "failures...") I am still here... (massive choir: "STILL HERE!") [Final Chorus – Explosive] I'm taking back my life (full gothic choir joins) Taking back my dreams Taking back the future That belongs to me I'm stronger than the darkness (echo: "darkness...") Stronger than the night (echo: "the night...") The Beast ain't asking permission now He's claiming back his life (choir chanting: "take it back... take it back...") I'm taking back my life Every wound became my light I survived what should've broke me Now I'm finally alive (massive sustained note) ALIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVE... (echo: "alive... alive... alive...") [Outro] (Gothic choir slowly fades) The pain didn't win... (echo: "didn't win...") The fear didn't win... The past didn't win... I did. (long choir sustain) This is only the beginning... (echo fades into darkness)