Crucible

Upon a fractured world Discontent riddles my mind I've been living on borrowed time Disillusion swallows me Hatred aids confusion Shifting emotions hiding behind a masquerade Nothing left in retrospect but ghosts of the past Lingering in skin and bones On the final heartbeat I won't be held down I won't be held down I won't be held down Hanging by a thread They standby Connected by this ignorance No room within for independence Don't feel a need to repent when my penance always shows from the outside By the scars on skin So what? Am I meant to give up? Running out of ways to hold on I could end it all in seconds Mentality is a lethal weapon Shifting emotions hiding behind a masquerade Nothing left in retrospect but ghosts of the past Lingering in skin and bones On the final heartbeat I won't be held down I won't be held down Transcending, Descending Through the prison of souls I'll see you in this life or the next I cry out in dispossession It owns me Controls me I am now complete