[Verse 1] Memories invade my brain Reminding me I am insane Medications keep it in check Without them, my head's a wreck Demons serve to keep me down Angels' smiles turn to frown There is a war goin' on inside my head That fills my thoughts full of dread [Pre-Chorus] About a future once set in stone But now I stand alone No friends to join the fight I lost them to the night [Chorus] Break these chains that bind my mind Leave the broken past behind I don’t know where this will end Still I rise and still ascend Through the dread and through the strain I reclaim my name again Break these chains, let silence start— Free the war inside my heart [Verse 2] To the beast that has no name I have only myself to blame I freed it from its cage To quiet my burnin' rage I ate of the knowledge fruit But now all my plans are mute Forsaken my inner thoughts I saw the script but lost the plot [Pre-Chorus] I don't know how this will end I just know I must ascend A hand on the wall I won't let myself fall [Chorus] Break these chains that bind my mind Leave the broken past behind I don’t know where this will end Still I rise and still ascend Through the dread and through the strain I reclaim my name again Break these chains, let silence start— Free the war inside my heart [Verse 3] If the dark comes through the door I won’t kneel like I did before If the voices start to climb I’ll hold steady, one more time Not a saint and not a king Just a fractured human thing With a pulse beneath the pain I can build myself again [Bridge] One more step One more day I hear the dark But I won't obey Hands on my chest Heart on fire I'm not the cage I'm the survivor [Chorus] Break these chains that bind my mind Leave the broken past behind I don’t know where this will end Still I rise and still ascend Through the dread and through the strain I reclaim my name again Break these chains, let silence start— Free the war inside my heart [Outro] No one hears the cage door slam No one knows the beast I am I fed the fire, stoked the flame Now it answers when I’m named Memories may flood my brain But they don’t decide my name When the walls begin to bend I breathe, rebuild, ascend
