(Intro)
Heavy steps on hollow ground
Built on the echoes of past defiance
No reflection, no reckoning
Only the march forward, unyielding

Words sharpened into steel
Striking without thought, without aim
The fortress of the self stands tall
But the walls crack from within

(Pre-Chorus)
Conviction without wisdom
Blind strength rotting from the core

(Chorus)
Wretched pride, the chains unseen
Binding the mind, forging the weight
Wretched pride, the walls collapse
No enemy left, only the ruin inside

The path once clear, now fractured
Each step heavier, the ground unstable
A war waged within, unseen, unheard
The mind turns against itself

(Pre-Chorus)
Conviction without wisdom
Blind strength rotting from the core

(Chorus)
Wretched pride, the chains unseen
Binding the mind, forging the weight
Wretched pride, the walls collapse
No enemy left, only the ruin inside

(Bridge)
The storm rises, but none will bow
No surrender, no retreat
Only the slow erosion of will
As the fortress crumbles into dust

(Outro)
No victors, no salvation
Only silence, only dust
The war was never fought outside
It was lost within from the start

From the start

The war was never fought outside
It was lost within from the start