Lyric

Streetlights are blurring into white

You were right here, standing in my sight

I called your name into the hollow air

Just a step away, but you weren't there

The night stays silent, keeping its reply

Hiding the truth beneath a heavy sky

Deep inside, I hear a snapping sound

A wall is falling to the cold, hard ground

"Don't cross the line," I whispered to my soul

But I'm stepping over, losing all control

What was stolen? Was it time or your smile?

Was it the joy we held for a while?

Or is it me, the man I used to be?

Fading away into the debris

"Give it back!" I scream into the night

As my voice turns black, losing all the light

Using "protection" as a thin disguise

While I destroy it all before my eyes

Just being here, I can't forgive this sin

The darkness is calling from deep within

It’s swallowing me whole, under my skin

Something is laughing! – Watching me fall

Shadows are crawling! – Against the wall

Even if I know what’s coming for me

I can’t stop now, I’ll never be free

Drowning in black, turning to stone

I can’t turn back, I’m all alone

But I won’t let go!

Just out of sight, a ghostly grin appears

Feeding on my anger and my darkest fears

The more I count the rage inside my head

The closer I get to the edge of the thread

You’re within reach, I could touch your hand

But I feel like I’m sinking in the sand

If I reach out, I’ll never return again

Is it my hand that’s shaking in the cold?

Or is it my heart, losing its hold?

I don’t even know, I don’t even care

I have to move forward, into the flare

"Stop this now!" I pray to the void

As the light I had is slowly destroyed

This power I hold to keep you safe

Is it the monster that digs the grave?

There are no answers in this hollow place

I’m just a ghost with a stranger's face

Is there no way back to your grace?

A version of me I’ve never seen

Is standing right where I have been

But in my hands, there’s something left to save

Something worth more than the life I gave

Do I embrace the beast inside of me?

Or is there still a choice to be free?

Give it back! – The cry is echoing still

I’ve lost my way! – Lost my own will

Even if I lose the "right" and the "wrong"

There’s something here that’s keeping me strong

If this is the price, if this is the cost

I’ll stay who I am, even if I’m lost

Until my voice dies in the frost!

I want to protect, but I’m breaking it all

I’m reaching out, waiting for the fall

This is the man I’ve become today

The night is long, and it’s here to stay

The shadows are long

But I’m still here

Reaching

Breaking