(Intro – slow, ominous riff) Pain rips and tears what’s left inside No room for healing Only ruin remain (Verse 1) Pain rips and tears whatever’s left in me Leaves no space for healing to survive Just destruction carved in memory No cure strong enough to quiet the knife Dark reflections claw the mind Self-doubt speaks in sharpened threats Every breath another fight With the parts of me I haven’t killed yet (Pre-Chorus) The struggle to stay in the light Is a war I’m losing control Truth comes back in fragments While the demon tightens its hold (Chorus) We fight to take our lives back But victory fades to defeat Controlling the greed and depression That keeps sinking its teeth in me We fight to take our lives back But the past won’t let me forget Good memories start erasing As the darkness places its bets (Verse 2) Minor blemishes pass as truth Set aside just to survive Let the inner demon rule the room Fragile minds don’t make it out alive Absent control holds the key To a happiness we never found We march through wars inside our heads Just to burn everything to the ground (Pre-Chorus 2) I never learned how to lead myself I only followed the fall Defeat became a state of mind And pity built these walls (Chorus) We fight to take our lives back But victory fades to defeat Corruption sets the truth on fire While it laughs at our beliefs We fight to take our lives back But the damage is already done Greed and depression keep bleeding through Everything we’ve become (Breakdown (slow → crushing) Victory is overrated Shattered by corrupted hands Truth burns with the rest of us In the ashes of mankind Can you carry the meaning of life When the weight starts to crack your spine? Can you face the struggle Without losing your mind? (chug chug — pause) WITHOUT LOSING YOUR MIND (Bridge (half-time, bleak) Moments of truth are forged in choice Tested souls, untamed and worn Some survive, some disappear Some are never reborn We fought every battle given Never once waved the white But this time our strength is gone And we surrender to the night (Final Chorus (bigger, slower) We waved our flags Yielded the fight Lost what mattered Somewhere in the night We waved our flags Gave up control Never knowing what mattered To save our souls (Outro (spoken or screamed) We gave up Without knowing What was worth saving

Waving Flags