[Verse 1] I wake in the wreck I made With my own hands on my throat Black salt on the tongue I bite When I speak, it cracks the smoke The mirror throws back a stranger Split jaw, tired eyes, hard stare Every scar in the glass says "You don't get out by prayer" [Pre-Chorus] But I hear that old beast pace Round and round in my ribs I can feed it, or face it I can break what it grips [Chorus] I will not kneel I will not fold I burn that fear I take control This war is mine I bite the chain I survive me I survive the pain [Verse 2] There's a fist under my heartbeat Drums in the cage of bone It knows all my weak hours Knows the shape of my home It wears my voice like a weapon Spits my doubt back in my face But I plant my feet in the ruin And I drag it into place [Pre-Chorus] Let it rage, let it scream Let it claw at the wall I am learning its language I am standing through it all [Chorus] I will not kneel I will not fold I burn that fear I take control This war is mine I bite the chain I survive me I survive the pain [Bridge] [Drop to half-time] If I choke, I rise If I shatter, I stand Every dark that named me Fell away from my hand Now the thing in my shadow Has nowhere left to hide I am not the hunter's wound I am the blade inside [Final Chorus] I will not kneel I will not fold I burn that fear I take control This war is mine I bite the chain I survive me I survive the pain I will not kneel I will not fall I faced my ruin And I took it all This war is mine I break the chain I survive me I survive the pain