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I have trudged through harsher hells

bore their burns

stared my demons in the face

echoing desperate pleas for death

immortal, if forever ill

exiled from the abyss

I have held a torment close to my heart

alive no matter the suffering

unwavering in the shadow's bite

this pain will claim no dominion

condemned to writhe in deathless agony

cursed to be whole in this brokenness

I have trudged through harsher hells

bore their burns

stared my demons in the face

i have stitched my wounds

with hairs pulled from scalps

cut from battles hard fought and won

exiled from the abyss

tear into the darkness tooth and nail

I am taking control

storm deep and breach below the light

I am taking control

no weapon will cut me down

kick open the gates of perdition

seek out the beasts that taunt me

rip my name from their mouths

banished to quiet decay

no weapon will cut me down

I tear into the darkness tooth and nail

unwavering in the shadow's coldest bite

from twitching severed heads I tear their crowns

placing them on my own

I usurp the demons' throne