Do you know what it feels like to be half a man?
Drawing lines as they disconnect them
Living in a shadow of the world that hunts the weak
Trapped in this body that hides me
So
I let these patterns fall
Swore an oath and I moved on from
All the ties that made me human
You tried and failed—
If you're worth it, prove it
You loved me
Even though I was born with this disease
I found my purpose in this world
Thanks to you, it was all for nothing
You may mean more to me but
I will not beg for my right to be
Look at my face and realize I'll be gone,
Once I get what I want
Is it all about proving who you are
To the people you think have a heart?
Maybe that's just a lie
You'd like to believe that it wasn't meant to deceive
I will only use you to make them see
A god walks among you but sleeps within me
If you could see what I see—
Death, age, and disease
I watched my brother burn
I watched my father die, and drive my mother insane
So tell me again, what do you know of pain?
What do you know?
You may mean more to me but
I will not beg for my right to be
Look at my face and realize I'll be gone,
Once I get what I want
Is it all about proving who you are
To the people you think have a heart?
I know that could never be achieved
All the faceless deserters
They don't even know you're alive
And I'd rather die before I see the wake of blood drown out all I hear
'Cause existing with purpose
Is the only fucking thing they fear
What have they done to my eyes?
Tear them out—
Tear, them, out
You gave me what I needed
To reach the end
Now you'll watch from the stage
As everything you took from me
Is recreated in the eyes you left for me
To teach me and leave me with a sense of humility
But you were wrong
So
I let these patterns fall
Swore an oath and I moved on from
All the ties that made me human
You tried and failed
If you're worth it, prove it
And I'd rather die before I see the wake of blood drown out all I hear
'Cause existing with purpose is the only fucking thing they fear
Is it all about proving who you are
To the people you think have a heart?
I know that could never be achieved
All the faceless deserters,
They don't even know you're alive
And I'd rather die before I see the wake of blood drown out all I hear
'Cause existing with purpose is the only fucking thing they fear
You won't survive me
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