In My Darkest Hour

[Verse 1]
Shadows marching
Single file
Down the hallways of my mind
Every doorway
Painted warnings
Every mirror
Out of time
Voices crowding out the daylight
Telling me I’m wasting breath
Is this madness
Is this memory
Or a handshake with my death
[Pre-Chorus]
I’m a prisoner
Of stories only I can see
On this battlefield
Where every wound is inside me
[Chorus]
In my darkest hour
When I’m nose to nose with the end
I raise a shaking hand
Like a rusted sword again
In my darkest hour
When the spiral pulls me through
I carve a fragile vow
I will not fall for you
In my darkest hour
I still reach for something true
[Verse 2]
Flashfire pictures
Broken sirens
Night erupts behind my eyes
Every heartbeat
Distant thunder
Every whisper
Armored lies
Names and faces blur and flicker
Like a war I never won
I’m still hiding under tables
From an enemy long gone
[Pre-Chorus]
I’m a haunted house
With doors that slam inside my chest
But somewhere deep within
There’s a room that longs for rest
[Chorus]
In my darkest hour
When I’m nose to nose with the end
I raise a shaking hand
Like a rusted sword again
In my darkest hour
When the spiral pulls me through
I carve a fragile vow
I will not fall for you
In my darkest hour
I still reach for something true
[Bridge]
[Harp and strings enter
Vocals almost whispered]
If I let go tonight
Would the pain just fade
Or echo on in every soul
That ever learned my name
So I breathe
Just once more
Then once more
Then once more (hold on)
[Final Chorus]
In my darkest hour
When the storm erases sky
I am cracked
I am cornered
But I still refuse goodbye
In my darkest hour
When the voices say I’m through
I lift this bleeding heart
Like a banner
Torn in two
In my darkest hour
I’m still here
I’m still fighting
I outlast you

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