Waking up startled

The truth hit you harder

Than when you were sleeping

Reality's speaking

The nightmares of your infancy, you're fighting them so desperately

What shouldn't be, what can't be true, now it's all coming after you

Shaking, are you scared to die, say "suffering is in your mind"

When a man is shot before your eyes

The sweetest dreams and truth collide

But I will surrender

I will surrender

Surrender, remember, until the crescendo

The end is a lesson

The end comes with vengeance

It's sinking in deeper, I'm dancing while sleeping

I know there's a reason, but it's hard to believe in

Cynics start to pray when the truth slips away

Anything to feel safe

Every lie can become an escape

But I will surrender

I will surrender

Sat down in the dark, I emptied my cup

And I bled on the soil

Just for a moment I was divine

I was whole

Lost the rules, but it's a game

They progress slow to keep you tame

Can't tell what's true, can't tell what's fake

Saying "it's a choice you make"

To make a change or staying sane and I know it can't stay the same

But we stand still and leave it all

For lives to lose and skies to fall

Leave it all, the crying call

Death to come for what we love

Sinister, cynical, criminal

But I will surrender

I will surrender