[Verse 1] There’s a shadow in the mirror that keeps staring through my skin Every secret that I buried wants to drag me back again Hear the footsteps in the hallway when I know I’m all alone I can feel the cold reminder of the hell I used to own [Pre-Chorus] I’ve been choking on the ghosts Of the things I feared the most But the terror in my bloodstream Never took me from the throne [Chorus] These scars Are the proof that all the nightmares didn’t end me These scars Every mark is carved in blood but now they mend me I crawled out from the abyss With the darkness on my wrists These scars Are the reason that the shadows don’t possess me [Verse 2] Every whisper in the silence used to make my body freeze Thought the monsters in my head were only hungry for the weak But I learned to speak their language, now they tremble when I scream I became the kind of fighter they could never hope to beat [Pre-Chorus] I’ve been choking on the ghosts Of the things I feared the most If the darkness wants a witness Tell it I am not its host [Chorus] These scars Are the proof that all the nightmares didn’t end me These scars Every mark is carved in blood but now they mend me I crawled out from the abyss With the darkness on my wrists These scars Are the reason that the shadows don’t possess me [Bridge (Low Growl + Atmospheric)] You can lock me in the dark You can chain the beating heart But the fear you tried to breed Only tore the cage apart Now I wear the night like armor Every stitch a battle won Let the void come try again I don’t kneel for anyone [Breakdown (Screamed)] Let it hurt Let it tear me apart I am forged In the teeth of the dark No escape From the beast in my head But I’ll drag it through the ashes ‘Til the nightmare is dead [Instrumental Break] [Verse 3] I’ve been walking through the shadows with the blood still on my tongue Every torment that I tasted only taught me how to stand If the night returns to claim me, I’ll be ready when it comes I survived becoming darkness What’s a demon to the sun? [Final Chorus (Layered Screams + Clean Harmony)] These scars Are the proof that all the nightmares didn’t end me These scars Every mark is carved in blood but now they mend me I crawled out from the abyss With the darkness on my wrists These scars Are the reason that the shadows don’t possess me No more They don’t possess me
