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[Verse 1]

Misery and torment weighing heavy on today

Time keeps moving faster

I must focus, do not stray

[Pre-Chorus]

When your world is crashing

No, don't disappear

Dig down deep inside

And show them why you’re here

Life's always going to try its best

To grind you down

Don't you ever quit, submit

No, don’t back down

[Chorus]

They will ostracize

With hopes that you feel small

But once confronted

Just watch those bastards fall

[Verse 2]

Dissidence of opulence

Has led me to this place

Once an inspiration

Left me bitter and displaced

[Pre-Chorus]

When your world is crashing

No, don't disappear

Dig down deep inside

And show them why you're here

Life's always going to try its best

To grind you down

Don't you ever quit, submit

No, don't back down

[Chorus]

They will ostracize

With hopes that you feel small

But once confronted

Just watch those bastards fall

[Post-Chorus]

Hear my cries

I'm breaking down

All alone in thoughts I drown

[Bridge]

Self-imposed seclusion

From a battle long since fought

Consumed and disillusioned

I was never what I thought

This is the culmination

Of a life's work cast aside

Destroy the dream of any man

Then slowly watch him die

Scald my pride

Deface my deeds

Leaving just a ghost of me

[Outro]

Misery and torment weighing heavy on today

Time keeps moving faster

I must focus, do not stray

Misery and torment weighing heavy on today

Time keeps moving faster

I must focus, do not stray