I'm frozen, numb, I can't feel my skin.

A breath I take—

This ache won't leave my chest...

Somewhere they're laughing, somewhere a song begins,

But I'm just trying to put my pain to rest.

A moment comes—a darkness in my eyes,

I clench my teeth, I taste the blood and rust...

I have to find a way to recognize this pain...

But just a moan escapes my lungs, as it always must.

Again—a breath, again—release,

Again—a scream, again—the silence.

Again—the fall, again—the climb.

Again—the pain...

Again—the pain...

And once again, a step into the dark,

Where pain has wrapped my soul in chains...

But I won't break, I'll leave my mark—

Through all the thorns of life's cruel reigns...

Between the hurting and the hoping—

A thread of ice where I can't stand...

Though every fiber's bruised and broken...

I'm still breathing, by my own hand...

Searching my heart to find the will,

To walk through trembling and through fear.

Even if the void can still kill,

You won't let your life disappear.

Again—the dread, again—the shake,

Again—"I can't", again—"what if?"...

Again—the sun, again—the black.

Again—the pain...

Again—the pain...

And once again, a step into the dark,

Where pain has wrapped my soul in chains...

But I won't break, I'll leave my mark—

Through all the thorns of life's cruel reigns...

Ooooooooh.... Ooooooooh...

Mmmmmmy...

Let all my sinews snap like strings,

Let frozen winds scream in my bones...

I'll crawl on broken, bleeding

Until I reclaim what I own!

Pain's not a cross, it's not a prize,

It's just the fire where you're cast...

But I will see with my own eyes

A day without this weight at last...

And once again, a step into the dark,

Where pain has wrapped my soul in chains...

But I won't break, I'll leave my mark—

Through all the thorns of life's cruel reigns...

But if this fight will never cease,

Then would it be much easier to just not breathe?..

No...

I don't need a light to see the way—

I will live. I will not leave!

I'll burn the chains, I'll burn the walls!

I'll break free,

And flee this pain!