I felt the sickness spread
Hellbent on leaving me for dead
A cancer inside my soul
Fighting me for
Fighting me for control
Darkness has intertwined
Black roots dig deep in my mind
Fall fast into its grasp
As my mind takes their shape
This vine a wicked guest
Each branch casts shadows of death
Fear born within its thorns
And the shade that they make
I feign my innocence
Deceive myself to believe
There's not an enemy
Living, living in me
Lurks just beneath the skin
It screams and begs for release
If you can hear me please
Take this
Take this from me
The ground I walk is cursed
Since I set foot on this earth
It takes but still it thirsts
Cause the blood still holds sway
Helpless in my defeat
This burden weighing on me
It pulls me underneath
With my last words I say
I am the murderous one
Who cast his debt on your son
Drove nails till he was undone
I am a murderer
I am a liar, a thief
Slander and hate when I speak
Covet the air that I breathe
My sins confessed
I feign my innocence
Deceive myself to believe
There's not an enemy
Living, living in me
Lurks just beneath the skin
It screams and begs for release
If you can hear me please
Take this
Take this from me
Will I find my way
Find my way
Find my way
I feign my innocence
Deceive myself to believe
There's not an enemy
Living, living in me
Lurks just beneath the skin
It screams and begs for release
If you can hear me please
Take this
Take this from me