Fighting for My Skin

[Male vocal Slow Mournful No percussion Echoed vocals] [Verse 1] Burning embers melt this vessel, Slowly burning the whole frame down Every step I take gets heavier, demanding more than I got to give now breaking away fragments of stone from the sacred temple that carries my sweet soul delicate like a flower, wilted petals on the floor [Bass drop] [chorus] The burdens of my sins, became this cross I carry, building walls around the demons inside, fighting for my mind, possessing my body leaving me helpless, and weak destruction of divine beauty consumed by envy and greed Tug hard- Tight grip,- Choke Hold- Claws deep in my skin prisoner of my own sin, cutting with my own blade No chains no slaves no strings no games but right now they got me in a choke hold tight grip choke chain claws deep Im at your command have your way with me [wail] Nothing soft survives this, I wear the weight like armor this illness contagious to anyone too close Some days I fold, clearly I cant deny it Some days I just want releif some days i just cant hide it Truth is, this vice wont loosen its grip and the darkness wins Pickin up the pieces that got left behind, if it weren’t for my heart beatin’, I'd have no concept of time, just a loop in my head I keep callin’ my life can’t think, can’t speak, can’t feel, just sink in into the quicksand swallowing me whole [Outro] Elevation of my mind, my body, my soul That’s the only thing I’m chasing, that’s the only thing I know Just to get out from under what keeps dragging me down down down down Free of the pain… that’s all I need All I really want right now from this life is to be free of the heavy chains I'm dragging crippling me [Verse ] Pain in my body like it shuts my whole frame down Every step costs me more than I got to give now Sharp shot up my spine, to my neck, through my skull [wail] Heavy don’t even touch it, this weight stays mean Some days I fold, some days I’m one breath from the edge That’s the truth of it, that’s the part I can’t hide I stayed on the drugs ‘cause the drugs dulled the knife Now I’m sober and it’s every muscle, every bone, every vein on fire [Pre-Hook] Withdrawing in the process Feel it all, no armor Tryna push through the wreckage But it keeps calling harder [Hook] I’m fighting for my skin I’m clawing my way back in I’m chasing down the edge Just to feel steady in my chest Elevation or the demons Mind, body, soul — I’m bleeding I’m fighting for my skin This the war inside my skin [Verse 2] Some days I break, I’m not gon’ lie about it The craving gets loud and I can’t out-talk it But I’m still here, still breathing through the burn Every relapse left a scar I had to learn from Chronic pain don’t care that I’m tryna stay sober It just leans in close and it drags me lower But I keep choosing — even shaking, even weak ’Cause the part of me that survives this still speaks [Bridge] [wail] I’m not weak for wanting relief I’m not weak for what I believe The war’s in my body every day But I’m still here — still finding my way [Hook — reprise, stripped] I’m fighting for my skin I’m clawing my way back in Elevation or the demons Mind, body, soul — still breathing [Outro] Elevation of my mind, my body, my soul That’s the only thing I’m chasing, that’s the only thing I know Just to get out from under what keeps dragging me down down down Free of the pain… that’s all I need All I really want right now from this life is to be free of the heavy chains I'm dragging crippling me Lightning finds a home in me, and I become the storm Thunder roars throughout my body , shockwaves penetrate the floor, shutting my whole frame down Concrete foot steps costs more than I got to give now holding on to faith, is the reason Im still breathing [wail] Nothing soft survives this, I wear the weight like armor Some days I fold, some days I’m one breath from the edge That’s the truth of it, that’s the part I can’t hide kept myself in the darkness, stayed blind to the knife Walked through the fire, and out of the ashes came the purest light [Pre-Hook] Withdrawling in the process Feel it all, no armor Tryna push through the wreckage But it keeps calling louder [Hook] I’m fighting for my skin I’m clawing my way back in I’m chasing down the edge Just to feel steady in my chest Elevation of the beast within Mind, body, soul — I’m bleeding I’m fighting for my skin This the war inside my skin [Verse 2] Some days I break, I’m not gon’ lie about it The craving gets loud and I can’t out-talk it But I’m still here, still breathing through the burn Every relapse left a scar I had to learn from Chronic surge don’t care that I’m tryna stay sober It just leans in close and it drags me lower But I keep choosing — even shaking, even weak ’Cause the part of me that survives this still speaks [Bridge] [wail] I’m not weak for wanting relief I’m not weak for what I believe The war’s in my body every day But I’m still here — still finding my way [Hook — reprise, stripped] I’m fighting for my skin I’m clawing my way back in Elevation of the beast within Mind, body, soul — still breathing [Outro] Elevation of my mind, my body, my soul That’s the only thing I’m chasing, that’s the only thing I know Just to get out from under what keeps dragging me Down, down down down I really want right now from this life is to be free of the heavy chains I'm dragging crippling me, Free of the pain… that’s all I need