DEADLUVE, Fred Mercuryan, LAST RIDE I Will Survive

I've been counting all the cracks in the ceiling
Every thought is a wound that's still bleeding
I built a fortress from the weight of my doubt
But the walls are closing in and I can't get out
I'm tangled in the wires of a system that's broken
Every word I swallow, every truth unspoken
They told me to be still, to play along
But I'm rewriting the script, I'm singing my song

And I can feel the weight begin to bend
But I'm not breaking, I'm not at the end
The storm is raging, but I can see
A flicker of what I'm meant to be

Beneath the static, I hear the sound
Of everything I never found
Beneath the static, I'm coming through
I'm not the ghost they thought they knew
Beneath the static, I'm still alive
I'm breathing in, I'll survive
Beneath the static, I'll make my way
I'm not fading, I'm here to stay

I've been walking through the ashes of a thousand days
Collecting all the fragments in a million different ways
They tried to dim my light, tried to steal my flame
But I'm still burning brighter, I'm not playing their game
I've got gasoline in my veins and fire in my chest
I'm taking back the pieces, I'm passing every test
You can bury me in shadows, you can lock the door
But I'll claw my way back, stronger than before

And I can feel the weight begin to bend
But I'm not breaking, I'm not at the end
The storm is raging, but I can see
A flicker of what I'm meant to be

Beneath the static, I hear the sound
Of everything I never found
Beneath the static, I'm coming through
I'm not the ghost they thought they knew
Beneath the static, I'm still alive
I'm breathing in, I'll survive
Beneath the static, I'll make my way
I'm not fading, I'm here to stay