Suffering Made Me This Way

[Verse 1] I built a home inside the dark when no one listened Low-tuned heartbreak echoing through my system Every riff sounded like a wound opening wide Every night another version of me died I wore silence like armor on my skin Turned betrayal into something I could live in Now the smoke leaks out every time I breathe Like the shadows underneath are swallowing me Controller glow in a pitch-black room Static in my chest like an incoming doom I used to lose myself inside the noise Now even music struggles to fill the void [Pre-Chorus] I check the locks Check the halls Hear my name inside the walls Try to run but my thoughts attack Drag me back Drag me back [Chorus] I became the shadow I was hiding from Broken halo, blackened lungs suffering made me this way Now the night knows my name I got knives in my back Ghosts in my chest Everybody wants the fire Nobody wants the stress I wanna feel alive again Before there’s nothing left [Verse 2] Born between heaven and the abyss below Half of me wants peace, half wants control Cursed wings hanging heavy from my spine Every scar still burning after all this time Fake idols preaching like they understand pain But they never stood in the blood and rain Never had darkness stitched into their veins Never watched hope decay inside their brain [Pre-Chorus] I lost sleep Lost trust Turned my sadness into rust Now the mirror doesn’t look like me Just the thing suffering created secretly [Chorus] I became the shadow I was hiding from Broken halo, blackened lungs suffering made me this way Now the night knows my name I got knives in my back Ghosts in my chest Everybody loves the monster Till they see what it’s fed I wanna feel alive again Before there’s nothing left [Bridge] They told me pain builds character But nobody talks about what it destroys first I still wonder who I would've been If the shadows never found me first [Final Chorus] I became the shadow I was hiding from Ashes falling from my tongue every scar became a chain But I still carry the weight I got fire in my veins Smoke in my breath If I’m cursed to walk this darkness I’ll drag it to the end I wanna feel alive again Before there’s nothing left [Outro] Shadow smoke from every wound Cursed wings underneath the moon Solace lives inside the pain And Slayer still remains #solaceinshadows #Metalcore #CinematicMetal #ModernMetal #HardRock #EmotionalMetal #DarkMusic #MetalBand #NewMetal