There's a battle deep within these brown eyes

A war in which no one survives

Every heartbeat starts a riot

Every silence screams, yet so quiet

I'm trying to hold pieces in my shaking hands

I'm failing to begin to understand

How the strongest woman with arms open wide

Can still get lost inside the gloom

Can still get lost inside

I've worn the blame

I've worn the shame

I've let the Devil speak my name

But

I won't let my mind define me

I won't give up my soul

These scars may live upon my skin

But they won't take control

I feel the pressure, I feel the knife

I know what losing feels like

Every choice taking place today

Yet another reason I stay

My mind may shake the ground beneath my feet

I won't let it own me

Sometimes life is loaded gun

Sometimes fear covers up the sun

A million internal voices telling me

That everyone's going to leave

I've learned thoughts can lie so well

They'll build a perfect little hell

Truth isn't always what I feel

It's when I choose to heal

I can't pretend that I'm okay

Sometimes I barely make it through the pain

Breathing through another storm

It means I won today

The demons in my mind can't define me

I won't hand them my soul, let them see

This is all a part of the history

Some days a burden, some a mystery

My heart beats louder than my fear

My hope is stronger than the fall

The darkness may be standing there

But i won't let it take it all

Don't confuse my loss for weakness

Don't confuse my tears for defeat

Some of us survive by learning

How to stand on bloody feet

I can't control the winds being blown

I can't erase all the pain I've known

I can choose the paths on my way

I can choose where my soul stays

Every day I choose to keep on breathing

Leaves my mental demons grieving

The demons in my mind can't define me

I won't hand them my soul, let them see

This is all a part of the history

Some days a burden, some a mystery

My heart beats louder than my fear

My hope is stronger than the fall

The darkness may be standing there

But i won't let it take it all

This is my mind

Not a damn prison

This is my life

And I have risen