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Awakened once again, my thoughts reproaching
Another day of broken will, of futile coaching
Striving for balance but I’m left with nothing
Just anger, rage and ghosts of who I might be
Please better than a broken facsimile of me

Every attempt feels like something I betray
Every version of myself keeps slipping away


I am tired of fighting who I am
I’m too weak to make a stand
Against the reflection staring back at me
The mirror shows a stranger — it’s not me
I am tired of fighting who I am

Memories twist while they are retold
Though they have aged deep in my soul
There’s no denying I get lost when
I am forced to see myself again

Falling deeper though I’m trying
All the beasts I fed multiplying
Still I crawl toward who I’m meant to find
A stranger’s face that feels like mine

I am tired of fighting who I am
I’m too weak to make a stand
Against the reflection staring back at me
The mirror shows a stranger — it’s not me
I am tired of fighting who I am

If I let go, then who remains
If I heal would I feel the same
Am I the scar or am I the wound
Arising may have come too soon

I was tired of fighting who I am
I was too weak to make a stand
Against the face I tried to leave
The mirror showed the whole of me
Now I accept the beast and the man
I accept the beast and the man

Metalcore, Growling