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You've always said

My own rage will be my ruin

I was never serene enough for this world

I've kept you safe

I've sheltered you from the bitter cold

And I'm sorry we're not cut from the same stone

All I ever wanted

Was to show you what it means

To have nothing left to fear

But my own self

Oh now you know how it feels

Living in someone else's dream

Cause you're the only one that I believe in

I might be cynical

But at least I'm not naive

Is this the perfect world you wanted

Where you're safe in your armor

I don't sleep cause I'm haunted

By the words I'll never say

If there's a quiet life beyond this

Where you make me break a promise

I can't live with my conscience

There must be a better way

All the times I've promised you

I'm not the one to watch it all go by

As long as we have a reason

Cause it's hard enough to be alive

No false pretenses

Or hidden intentions

I keep my promises

And I don't surrender

I will always be

Your only defender

No disguises

I wear my scars

A cold fire

Where I used to have a heart

I will always be

Your one true nemesis

All I ever asked for

Was for you to know the truth

I have nothing left to lose

But my own self

Oh now you know how it burns

Knowing that you have made us enemies

And I have nothing left

To make you see

Is this the perfect world you wanted

Where you're safe in your armor

I don't sleep and I'm haunted

By the words I'll never say

If there's a quiet life beyond this

Where you make me break a promise

I cannot live with my conscience

There must be a better way