[Intro] They write the songs about the battles. They carve the names into the stone. They tell the world about the victories... But they never tell you what comes after you get home. [Verse 1 - Lust] I have chased the spark inside another soul. I have seen the beauty people hide. I have reached across the distance between us And pulled the lonely to my side. They call desire a weakness. They call passion something to restrain. But every bond that I have built... Has been worth every scar and every pain. But I know the sweetest promises Can become a selfish need. A hand meant to hold someone close... Can become a chain they cannot leave. So I hold the fires of my heart carefully. I don't pretend it isn't there. Because the thing that makes me feel alive... Can be the thing that leaves me bare. [Pre-Chorus] Every blessing has a shadow. Every gift has a cost. The things that make me who I am... Are the things I could lose the most. [Chorus] These are the sins I carry. These are the scars I know. The pieces of myself... That I refuse to let control. I won't deny the darkness. I won't pretend it's gone. Even a righteous savior... Has battles of her own. [Verse 2 - Pride] I know the weight of my own name. I know the stories that they tell. I know the heights I've climbed to reach here. I know the battles where I fell. I wear this crown because I earned it. I won't apologize for that. But the higher that you climb... The farther you can crash. I've seen good intentions break people. I've seen heroes lose their way. When believing you are chosen... Makes you stop listening to what they say. So I remind myself... Before the world reminds me. A crown is only worth wearing... If you still know who stands beneath it. [Chorus] These are the sins I carry. These are the scars I know. The pieces of myself... That I refuse to let control. I won't deny the darkness. I won't pretend it's gone. Even a righteous savior... Has battles of her own. [Verse 3 - Wrath] I have felt the fire rising. I have heard the judgment call. I have watched the line between justice... And vengeance start to fall. I know the taste of anger. I know the pull it has on me. When someone threatens what I love... There is nothing I cannot be. But the hardest enemy I face... Is not the one before my blade. It's the voice inside my heart... That says they deserve my hate. [Breakdown] I KNOW WHAT I CARRY. I KNOW WHAT I AM. I KNOW THE POWER INSIDE MY HANDS. I AM NOT ABOVE FALLING. MY PALADIN HEART IS NOT ABOVE PAIN. I AM NOT IMMUNE... TO BECOMING WHAT I HATE. [Bridge] So I choose. Every day. I choose. [Final Chorus] These are the sins I carry. These are the scars I know. The pieces of myself... That I refuse to let control. I won't deny the darkness. I won't pretend it's gone. Because the fight to save the world... Starts with the fight inside my soul. [Outro - quiet spoken] Maybe I was never meant to be perfect. Maybe nobody was. But if I can hold these pieces... And still choose to do what is right... Then maybe... That is enough.
